Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Chocolate Chip Cookies #65 · dessert · american Host: Allrecipes · Best Chocolate Chip Cookies → Pinterest → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Servings: 48 · Yield: 4 dozen cookies · Prep 20 min · Cook 10 min · Total 30 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Classic chocolate chip cookies, crisp at the edges and soft in the middle. Soften the butter, and bring the eggs to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Beat together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy: 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 1 cup packed brown sugar Beat in, one at a time: 2 large eggs Then stir in: 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Dissolve in hot water: 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons hot water Add to the batter along with the salt, and mix until combined: ½ teaspoon salt Stir in until a soft dough forms: 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1 cup chopped walnuts Drop rounded spoonfuls of cookie dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets briefly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve immediately, or store in an airtight container. Source: Allrecipes · Best Chocolate Chip Cookies tags: flour,butter,sugar,chocolate-chip · popularity: evergreen · meat: no	Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies Book: Toll House Tried and True Recipes by Ruth Graves Wakefield (1938) crumb: butter and sugar beaten together, soda in hot water, chips + nuts Toll House Tried and True Recipes includes “Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies”. Ruth Graves Wakefield wrote it (1938). Ruth Wakefield wrote this Toll House Inn cookbook. It first printed the chocolate chip cookie. Differences: The online recipe keeps every Toll House part. It beats butter with two sugars. It adds eggs, vanilla, soda dissolved in hot water, salt, flour, chocolate and chopped nuts (walnuts). It uses more sugar (1 cup each), flour (3 cups), vanilla and chips. It bakes bigger cookies at 350°F. The formula is almost the same.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies
#65 · dessert · american
Host: Allrecipes · Best Chocolate Chip Cookies → Pinterest → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Servings: 48 · Yield: 4 dozen cookies · Prep 20 min · Cook 10 min · Total 30 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Classic chocolate chip cookies, crisp at the edges and soft in the middle.

Soften the butter, and bring the eggs to room temperature.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Beat together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy:

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

Beat in, one at a time:

2 large eggs

Then stir in:

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Dissolve in hot water:

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons hot water

Add to the batter along with the salt, and mix until combined:

½ teaspoon salt

Stir in until a soft dough forms:

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped walnuts

Drop rounded spoonfuls of cookie dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

Cool on the baking sheets briefly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Serve immediately, or store in an airtight container.

Source: Allrecipes · Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

tags: flour,butter,sugar,chocolate-chip · popularity: evergreen · meat: no

Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies
Book: Toll House Tried and True Recipes by Ruth Graves Wakefield (1938)

crumb: butter and sugar beaten together, soda in hot water, chips + nuts

Toll House Tried and True Recipes includes “Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies”. Ruth Graves Wakefield wrote it (1938). Ruth Wakefield wrote this Toll House Inn cookbook. It first printed the chocolate chip cookie.

Differences:

The online recipe keeps every Toll House part. It beats butter with two sugars. It adds eggs, vanilla, soda dissolved in hot water, salt, flour, chocolate and chopped nuts (walnuts). It uses more sugar (1 cup each), flour (3 cups), vanilla and chips. It bakes bigger cookies at 350°F. The formula is almost the same.

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Online recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Servings: 48 · Yield: 4 dozen cookies · Prep 20 min · Cook 10 min · Total 30 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Classic chocolate chip cookies, crisp at the edges and soft in the middle.

Soften the butter, and bring the eggs to room temperature.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Beat together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar

Beat in, one at a time:
2 large eggs

Then stir in:
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Dissolve in hot water:
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water

Add to the batter along with the salt, and mix until combined:
½ teaspoon salt

Stir in until a soft dough forms:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

Drop rounded spoonfuls of cookie dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

Cool on the baking sheets briefly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Serve immediately, or store in an airtight container.

Citations
- Allrecipes · Best Chocolate Chip Cookies: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10813/best-chocolate-chip-cookies/
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Chocolate+Chip+Cookies
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Chocolate+Chip+Cookies+recipe

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- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486235602?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Toll House Tried and True Recipes by Ruth Graves Wakefield (1938). Publisher: Dover Publications, 1977 edition, paperback, ISBN 978-0486235608.

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Dish: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Match: Exact
Ancestor: Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies
Source: Toll House Tried and True Recipes by Ruth Graves Wakefield (1938)
Differences: The online recipe keeps every Toll House part. It beats butter with two sugars. It adds eggs, vanilla, soda dissolved in hot water, salt, flour, chocolate and chopped nuts (walnuts). It uses more sugar (1 cup each), flour (3 cups), vanilla and chips. It bakes bigger cookies at 350°F. The formula is almost the same.
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Online sources: Allrecipes · Best Chocolate Chip Cookies (https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10813/best-chocolate-chip-cookies/)
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web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Chocolate+Chip+Cookies+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

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Toll House Tried and True Recipes by Ruth Graves Wakefield (1938).
Ruth Wakefield wrote this Toll House Inn cookbook. It first printed the chocolate chip cookie.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Toll House Tried and True Recipes by Ruth Graves Wakefield (1938). Publisher: Dover Publications, 1977 edition, paperback, ISBN 978-0486235608.

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