chocolate chip pistachio cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (3 ounce) package instant pistachio pudding mix
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Recipe

• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). lightly grease cookie sheets.
• sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. in a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. add the eggs, milk and vanilla, stirring after each addition. add the dry ingredients and mix until a stiff dough forms. separate 1/4 of the dough form the rest and set aside in a small bowl. add the nuts to the dough in the small bowl. add the pudding mix and 3/4 cup of chocolate chips to the large portion of dough; mix until blended.
• roll the pudding flavored dough into walnut sized balls, and place them 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. flatten the balls using your hand or the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. roll the dough from the small bowl into marble sized balls, place 1 ball on top of each of the flattened cookies. then, on top of each cookie, place 1 of the white chocolate chips.
• bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cookies are set. remove from the baking sheet to cool on wire racks. when cool, dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.