MACADAMIA CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375
• 2. Combine flour and baking soda in small bowl and seet aside
• 3. Mix butter and brown sugar until well combined. Add granulated and sugar and blend well. Add pudding mix and blend thoroughly.
• 4. Add eggs one at a time and mix well.
• 5. Gradually add flour mixture until thoroughly combined.
• 6. Stir in nuts, craisins and chocolate chips.
• 7. Drop by teaspoonful (for small cookies) or Tablespoonful (for large cookies) onto ungreased cookie sheet setting them about 2" apart to allow for spreading.
• 8. Bake for 8 - 12 minutes depending on the size you chose. Cool and enjoy !
• 9. NOTES: I have found that the instant vanilla flavor works best. Using other flavors I found the cookies to be a bit dry. If you want a chocolate flavor dough I would add a bit of cocoa to the mixture. I prefer salted nuts as they add a nice dimension to the finished product. I use macadamia nuts for their unique flavor and crunch, but pecans are very tasty also. I love dried cranberries in this recipe, however, I did make them one time with dried cherries and they were delicious! Feel free to exchange the craisins for cherries or apricots or whatever floats your boat ! The chips can be semi-sweet, milk chocolate or white chocolate - it's all a matter of preference.