Marjorie Standishs Original Toll House Cookies Recipes

THE ORIGINAL TOLL HOUSE COOKIE RECIPE (1939)

Steps:

• Important: Cut each small square of semisweet chocolate into four pieces.
• Cream butter or other shortening and add sugars and beaten egg.
• Dissolve soda in the hot water and mix alternately with the flour sifted with the salt.
• Lastly, add the chopped nuts and the pieces of semisweet chocolate.
• Flavor with the vanilla and drop by half teaspoons on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes in a 375 (F) degree Fahrenheit oven.

MARJORIE STANDISH'S ORIGINAL TOLL HOUSE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream margarine (butter), add salt and vanilla. Add two kinds of sugar gradually. Add unbeaten egg and beat all together until mixture is light and creamy.
• Dissolve soda in hot water, sift and measure flour and add these two mixtures alternately to creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate bits and nuts. Drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets. This will make 50 drop cookies of about 2-inch size.
• Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 to 12 minutes.

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.