"Like A Virgin" White Chocolate Chip Cookies

"Like a virgin

Touched for the very first time

Like a virgin

When your heart beats

Next to mine," I was singing while dancing in front of the stove.

These cookies could not have a better name. After all they contain a white pristine batter with white chocolate chips. Madonna must have been eating one of these delicious babies while she was singing this song.

Ingredients:

1 (3.4 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix

2 cups cold milk

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1/3 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 large eggs

2 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

12 ounces white chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a medium bowl, prepare the vanilla pudding by combining the pudding mix and cold milk together, mixing well. Set aside to let the pudding set until firm. (This should take about 5 minutes.)

3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Add one cup of the prepared vanilla pudding and the eggs. Mix thoroughly after each addition.

4. In another bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together. Blend the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until combined. Stir the chocolate chips into the mixture with a spoon.

5. Drop the dough by rounded teaspoons onto the prepared cookie sheet about 1 inch apart and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until done. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for 10 minutes, then carefully remove to a wire rack to cool.

Recipe adapted from The Great American Chocolate Contest Cookbook by T. K. Woods.