the cookies…

as requested…..

Cookies

  • 4 1/2 Cups All-purpose Flour
  • 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 2 Cups Butter, Softened
  • 1 1/2 Cups Packed Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 Cup White Sugar
  • 2 (3.4 Ounce) Packages Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract
  • 4 Cups Semisweet Chocolate Chips
  • 2 Cups Chopped Walnuts (optional)

Preparation Instructions

The above ingredients are for 72 cookies (the serving size didn’t go that high). Halve the recipe to make 36 cookies. Also you can change the pudding flavor if you want.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown.
I didnt use nuts (my kids dont like them) and where it says vanilla pudding i used vanilla angel delight… and because i was a bit puzzled on how to measure cups of butter..i worked it out and its a little over 200g butter..All purpose flour for us brits is plain flour…and everything else is kind of self explanatory. My kids love them and they make for great packed lunch fillers! Btw i got this recipe from Tasty kitchen which you can get to from the Pioneer woman blog 🙂
happy eating xx

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needing some camera time…

took a quick spin to the park after school on thursday, dodging the raindrops to give the kids a run around before tea and give me a chance to take some photos. I was just feeling a bit like i hadn't taken any in a while and I start to miss my camera…..

yeah….i know…

pretty sad….

but its how i'm wired *shrug*

so here are some of we…

Matildaswing
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been playing with the shutter, i had it at i think 1/5, which i think might have been a bit too slow, they do look like they are going a lot faster than they actually were. But i sorta like the effect. 
Matilda was loving the swing…she got a lot of very 'helpful' pushes from various sibs…but seemed to enjoy it. She is 10 months old tomorrow….gah!!

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im going to go with a list…

because they are easiest and at the moment in my sleep starved state its the best i can do..because seriously only about 4 posts in the entire of november..not good..not good…so…some things…

1. We all made it to Maisie's ballet show on monday evening..just about intact but somewhat frayed around the edges. It was lovely, interesting interpretation of Cinderella. Maisie did great, up there on the stage. did breathe a sigh of relief once it was over though…phew…

2. Matilda does not have clicky hips. She had a x ray of her hips last week and after bringing the place down when the x ray lady tried to position her..'dont touch me lady!' We discovered that her hips are in fact in the right place. hooray…

3. Some doctors foolishly think they can treat nurses like rubbish. We all know that is always always a bad idea…..it will kick you in the rear end before too long is all im saying…

4. I have thrown my hands up in defeat. I cant stand doing the grocery shop and have now switched to doing it online. Trusting the picking of my weekly fruit and veg to some spotty, underpaid and snotty teenager…um…

wait a minute…..
5. Finally convinced my three year old that she needs more than canvas beach shoes when it is lashing it down with rain most days.  You have no idea what a victory this is…this girl does not like shoe shopping….

6. Love the fact that Maisie and Poppy were doing an imaginary Strictly Come dancing with the penguins from the all aboard game the other morning. 

7. On the subject of penguins, i felt very pleased with myself that i discovered that penguin has a 'ng' in the middle thus meaning i could put it down in Maisie phonics homework book next to the 'ng ng ng' sound. I also had a penguin sticker to hand too. It the small things….

8. Found myself wondering the other day whilst listening to radio 2's auction for 'things money cant buy' in aid of children in need..'who are the people who have £15,000 to spend on 'dinner' with Westlife?' 

9 Thinking we have had enough rain. I went shopping the other day to a retail park and their was a pair of ducks sat in a puddle (well..lake) that had accumulated in the car park. 

10. I made biscuits the other day with Poppy. An american recipe which included adding Angel delight! Who remembers having that when you were a kid? My favourite? Tie between Vanilla or Butterscotch.

Lastly i posted this on facebook this morning. This is as i left the hospital this morning after quite a long night (see point 3!) and the sky was this beautiful pink colour….had to stop and take a picture with my phone. 
Lwhmorning

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angels to the left…

and right and up and down. Some friends of mine have a company and they had a party because the company was 10 years old. They asked me to take some photos and here is a little snap shot. They had it in the palm house at sefton park here in liverpool which is this exceptionally elegant victorian greenhouse. It is just stunning. Angel20

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it was great, a really lovely location, a bit of a challenge from a lighting point of view but i loved every minute of it. cheers guys 

brb 🙂

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ten on tuesday…

1. Ben has a new baby…

Benbike
and no i don't feel put out. Finally..he got a bike that he can enjoy riding to work. He knows he is a bike snob, we all know it. But its okay…

2. Ex-squeeze me…but it is actually only six weeks till christmas. Yup..just saying tis all. 😉

3. whilst on the subject of christmas i got my christmas hours this week and i think i got the short straw. Christmas day 5pm-10pm and New years eve night. Woohoo…going to be rock and rollin' the party season working those shifts. Hey ho..

4. So you think Cadbury should sell to Kraft? we took the kids to cadbury world in Bournville and i have to say i hated it, stress, high prices, too much chocolate (yes that is possible!) and Poppy threw up all over my dry clean only wool coat. Etched on my memory and in the fibres of my coat 😉

5. Last week i was in work every day except Friday. study days and normal shifts. Felt a little bit like this..

6. Have rediscovered this guy. Go have a listen. A few years ago we both thought he was awesome and then Isaac developed a passion for listening to his CD and after a million times we were always like 'Not jamie again'   But i really like this new song of his and to be fair he was always good. God love him. and er..not sure who the scarecrow looking guy is at the end of the youtube vid but oh.my. 'he likes to play' (name that movie?)

7. Last night we had no bed dwellers…we have been having a few recently..but last night not one…no-one till 6.30am. Which is good. 

8. does this look comfortable?
Thefoot
or this?
Sidelunge
 
bend and stretch…baby aerobics….

🙂

9. Stumbled across this photo in iphoto just now. This is my God-daughter almost exactly 2 years ago. Isnt she just gorgeous. Hey guys! if you are reading be good to see you 🙂
Mia

10. ahhh tis always dangerous to fish around in old photos…*sigh*
Sashanewborn
and nope this is not one of my babies. This is in fact the sister of the little girl in the above picture at probably just a few weeks old. Just too.damm.cute.

brb 🙂

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