Great Grandma Rowes Toll House Cookies Recipes

ORIGINAL NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

GREAT GRANDMA ROWE'S TOLL HOUSE COOKIES

Steps:

• This is one of the rare times I use exact measure and follow directions.
• Preheat oven to 375. I use the bake setting, not convect bake.
• In the mixer, beat butter, sugars and vanilla until smooth and creamy. I usually just let it stir while I mix the dry ingredients except the chocolate and nuts, in a separate bowl. Add eggs to the sugar mixture, one at a time, mixing after each. While mixing, add the flour a bit (about a half cup) at a time, mixing to a smooth texture, leave a quarter cup or so in the bowl.
• Add chips and nuts to extra flour and mix to coat. This step keeps the shape of the chocolate chips and keeps both the chips and nuts from sinking to the bottom of the cookie.
• Stir the chips and nut mixture into the rest, do not overmix.
• Using a melon baller about the size of a walnut, or a rounded tablespoon, drop cookies on a COLD, ungreased cookie sheet. I use 2 sheets, baking one sheet at a time,while the other sheet cools, about 12-15 cookies per sheet, evenly spaced. This produces evenly baked cookies that are fluffy and not flat, melted flat.
• Bake 10 minutes. Let cookies rest on sheet 2 minutes, then cool completely on wire rack. I shove the next batch in the oven at the same time I take out the last batch. Do it quickly so the oven doesn't lose temperature. The directions actually say to bake for 9-11 minutes, but after a LOT of experimentation, I have found it best to just go for 10 minutes and they turn out right every time. Check your oven temp with an oven thermometer to make sure it is 375 degrees. Some ovens will vary as much as 25 degrees from the factory.

TOLL HOUSE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixing bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts, if using. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

CLASSIC NESTLE TOLL HOUSE COOKIES

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees F.
• COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
• BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

TOLL HOUSE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• Pan Cookie Variation
• Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.
• Slice and Bake Cookie Variation
• Prepare dough as above. Divide in half; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Shape each half into 15-inch log; wrap in wax paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375° F. Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
• Do Ahead
• Dough may be stored in refrigerator for up to 1 week or in freezer for up to 8 weeks.
• This recipe is made available as a courtesy by Nestle USA and www.VeryBestBaking.com. Nestle® Toll House® is a registered trademark of Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland.

TOLL HOUSE COOKIES

Steps:

• COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
• BAKE in preheated 375-degree [Fahrenheit] oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• PAN COOKIE VARIATION: PREPARE dough as above. Spread into greased 15"x10" jelly-roll pan. Bake in preheated 375-degree [Fahrenheit] oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack.
• FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING (>5,200 feet): INCREASE flour to 2 1/2 cups; add 2 teaspoonfuls water with flour; reduce both granulated sugar and brown sugar to 2/3 cup each. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, drop cookies for 8 to 10 minutes and pan cookies for 17 to 19 minutes.

GRANDMA'S OATMEAL TOLL-HOUSE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• In large mixing bowl add the sugar, eggs and shortening. Blend together.
• Slowly add the flour, salt and baking soda and mix well.
• Add the water, vanilla and chocolate chips and mix.
• Add oatmeal and mix until all ingredients are blended together.
• Using a spoon, drop dough onto cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies appear a golden brown. Repeat until all dough is used.
• The size of the spoon will determine the size of the cookie.