Ingredients

  • 34 cup sugar
  • 34 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 12 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 12 cup Butter Flavor Crisco (stick)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant butterscotch pudding mix
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda (see note)
  • 3 12 cups flour
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup butterscotch chips

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat the sugars, butter and Crisco until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla extract.
  • Add pudding mix; stir until incorporated.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together 1 cup of the flour with the baking soda and salt.
  • Blend into the egg mixture.
  • Add additional flour 1/2 to 1 cup at a time until reaching desired consistency.
  • I use a total of 3 to 3 1/2 cups flour, depending on the humidity level of the day.
  • Fold in chocolate chips and butterscotch chips.
  • Drop spoonfuls of dough on cookie sheet.
  • (To achieve a more round, cleaner look, roll the balls of cookie dough in your hand instead of just dropping on the cookie sheet.)
  • Bake exactly 10 minutes, rotating cookie sheet halfway through.
  • The cookies may not look done, but that is the trick to keeping them puffy and soft.
  • Let cookies cool on the cookie sheet on top of wire racks for 5 minutes.
  • Remove from cookie sheets and cool completely on the cooling racks.
  • *RECIPE NOTE: Make sure your baking soda has not been opened over 1 month.