Secret Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Mmmmm, peanut butter cookies! One of life's simple pleasures. What is it about cookies that makes them so darn appealing? I'm guessing the main reason is obvious, they are just plain delicious! I have never met a cookie I didn't like. What's not to like after all?

Peanut butter just happens to be my oldest son's favorite cookie. He puts peanut butter on his pancakes, waffles and dips chocolate cookies into the stuff! Like mother like son I guess.

I used instant pudding mix in this recipe (the secret ingredient). It does a fabulous job at keeping them moist. You can use butter or palm shortening in this recipe, or even better, a combination of both. The palm shortening keeps then tender and the butter gives them a wonderful flavor. Butter makes everything better! These cookies practically melt in your mouth!

Secret Ingredient Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies with a little secret to tell. These cookies are sinfully delicious and chewy! Gluten-free cookies tend to be not-so-chewy the next day, not these! I waited to post this recipe until "the next day" to make doubly sure they would still be soft and chewy, this recipe did not disappoint me! Look at them! If no one told you they were gluten-free you wouldn't know. Are you ready for the secret ingredient? Instant Pudding Mix! I know, I thought the same thing! But man does it work to keep these cookies just as amazing as the day you made them! The trick is not to use too much, or they will be soft and cakey, not my idea of an amazing chocolate chip cookie. I only added 2 tablespoons to this recipe, just enough to keep them chewy on the inside and still crispy on the outside. Now THAT is my kind of cookie!