Pudding Drop Cookies: 1 WW Freestyle Smart Point per serving

When life gives you dribs and drabs...make cookies! As I write this I'm sitting in an airport waiting to board a plane for Las Vegas. Fun right? We've been to Vegas a million times...for a million tradeshows...but hubby makes it a fun trip every single time. Except this time, his tradeshow was the week before mine this year! How does that even happen? He returned on Friday night and I'm headed out there today. Bummer. But since John is home alone I didn't want to leave my "good food" in the fridge because let's face it, he's not going to eat it without me there. He's a good husband but if the food doesn't appear on a plate it doesn't exist hahaha.

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Pudding Drop Cookies: 1 WW Freestyle Smart Point per serving Save
Pudding Drop Cookies: 1 WW Freestyle Smart Point per serving

When life gives you dribs and drabs...make cookies! As I write this I'm sitting in an airport waiting to board a plane for Las Vegas. Fun right? We've been to Vegas a million times...for a million tradeshows...but hubby makes it a fun trip every single time. Except this time, his tradeshow was the week before mine this year! How does that even happen? He returned on Friday night and I'm headed out there today. Bummer. But since John is home alone I didn't want to leave my "good food" in the fridge because let's face it, he's not going to eat it without me there. He's a good husband but if the food doesn't appear on a plate it doesn't exist hahaha.

  • Preparing Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Served Person: 0

Step-by-step

  • mix all ingredients with a fork until moist
  • preheat oven to 350 (we're going to try in the ai
  • using a tablespoon measuring spoon scoop out doug
  • place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet
  • bake for 10 minutes
  • remove from oven and allow to sit until completel
  • enjoy...you don't even have to share because all

Dense, slightly chewy morsels emerge from the oven with a matte surface and a remarkably tender crumb despite the complete absence of traditional butter and oil fats. Achieving this structural integrity relies heavily on the moisture-binding properties of starch molecules present in the instant pudding mix, which gelatinize rapidly when exposed to the thermal energy of a 350-degree Fahrenheit oven. Protein structures from the Kodiak cakes flapjack mix and Greek yogurt form a cohesive matrix that traps water molecules, preventing the dough from spreading into a flat puddle during the critical first three minutes of baking. Without traditional lipids to shorten the gluten strands, over-mixing the batter will immediately result in a tough, rubbery texture instead of a soft bite. Bakers seeking alternative dietary profiles can substitute the yogurt with unsweetened applesauce at a precise one-to-one volumetric ratio, though this adjustment introduces extra free water that may require an additional two minutes of cooling time on the parchment paper to achieve the correct firmness. Allowing the cookies to rest undisturbed on the lined sheet for ten full minutes after removal from the heat source is mandatory because residual pan heat completes the internal setting process.