Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies (Ca 1948)

This is from the re-print of the Toll House 1948 cookbook, originally called Chocolate Crunch Cookies. Ruth Graves Wakefield had some wonderful recipes. This is the latest in my search for her original recipe that was the first chocolate chip cookie.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 100 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup white sugar
• 2  eggs, beaten
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon hot water
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  cup  chopped  nuts
• 12  ounces  semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Cream butter.
2. Add sugars.
3. Add eggs.
4. Sift flour and salt.
5. Dissolve soda in water and add alternately with sifted flour mixture to butter and sugars.
6. Add nuts and chocolate morsels.
7. Stir in vanilla.
8. Drop by half-teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
9. Bake 10-12 minutes at 375°F.