How to Make Original Nestle® Toll House® Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies will forever be an enduring childhood favorite - not to mention an adult's shameless vice! What follows is a time-honored Nestlé Toll House recipe. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

Things You'll Need

• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 c. (2 sticks) softened butter
• 3/4 c. granulated sugar
• 1 c. chopped nuts
• 3/4 c. packed brown sugar
• 2 c. (1 package) Nestle® Toll House® semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2-1/4 c. all-purpose flour
• 2 large eggs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.

3. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl until creamy.

4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

5. Gradually beat in flour mixture.

6. Stir in nuts and Nestle® Toll House® chocolate morsels.

7. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets.

8. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.

9. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Tips & Warnings

• For a 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 a 15-inch log; wrap again in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.

• Most people use walnuts for the nuts, but you can also use pecans or anything else you prefer; or you can leave out the nuts.