Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

Yield:	84 Servings
Categories:	Cookies, Chocolate

2 1/4	c	All-purpose flour
1	ts	Baking soda
1	c	Butter;or margarine,softened
3/4	c	Lt.brown sugar;firmly packed
1/4	c	Sugar;granulated
1	pk	Instant pudding;4serv.sz.*
1	ts	Vanilla
2		Eggs
12	oz	Chocolate chips
1	c	Chopped nuts; optional