Let me tell you something about New Jersey diner rice pudding. This is not just dessert. This is a way of life.

These chocolate chip pudding cookies are officially Jameson’s Cookies, named after my nephew Jameson—one of the most handsome little humans and apparently a tiny baking prodigy. When he was little, he and my sister used to make these together. Now he’s 11, making them all by himself, and the kid is damn good at it. Rude, honestly. I’ve been an adult a lot longer and still manage to screw things up regularly. They were also the very first cookies he ever made for me, so they e