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.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

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

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.

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[diddlydoo]

on 8/8/2009 This web page has some great tips on how to tweak your recipe to get them chewy, crispy, soft, cake-like . . . however you prefer them. Thought I'd post it in case anyone could use it.
http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/techniques/perfect-chocolate-chip-cookie-00400000012170/

[s.merritt77]

on 7/9/2007 I'm doing this for my speech class. My informative speech... easy huh? I'm following every step and read the comments... I will let you know... :)

[trevdia]

on 4/27/2007 I have problems when I make cookies they always turn out like hockey pucks. by D. McManamey 4/27/07

[ssaftler]

on 2/27/2007 If you are having problem with spreading, two suggestions:

1) KEEP THE BATTER COLD! This is a tip from the Toll House Recipe Book, written by Ruth Wakefield, who came up with the recipe in the 1930s.

2) Don't grease the cookie sheet. The butter in the batter is usually sufficient to keep the cookies from sticking.

I've copied the recipe directly from the cookbook, and have it on my web site at (Shameless plug, sorry):

http://www.y2k-cafe.com/recipes.htm#Recipe6

[nickel730]

on 1/2/2007 I've found mine end up spread out and flat if I use an electric hand or stand mixer. Possibly that beats out too much of the air in the batter? I'm not sure, but I've always had better luck beating all ingredients by hand (and making sure to add the flour mixture slowly of course). This makes a thicker batter that doesn't spread out as much when baking. Also, the same ingredients and methods turn out differently depending on your oven and cookie sheets.