TOLL HOUSE CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES RECIPES

In the 1930s, Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, ran the Toll House Inn, a popular restaurant in eastern Massachusetts, with her husband. Using an ice pick, Wakefield broke a semisweet chocolate bar into little bits, mixed them into brown-sugar dough, and the chocolate chip cookie was born. In 1939, she sold Nestlé the rights to reproduce her recipe on its packages (reportedly for only $1) and was hired to write recipes for the company, which supposedly supplied her with free chocolate for life. This recipe is very close to Mrs. Wakefield's original (hers called for a teaspoon of hot water and 1/2-teaspoon-sized cookies), and the one you'll still find on the back of every yellow bag of Nestlé chocolate chips.

Provided by The New York Times

Total Time 30 minutes

Yield 5 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

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Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 94, UnsaturatedFatContent 2 grams, CarbohydrateContent 12 grams, FatContent 5 grams, FiberContent 0 grams, ProteinContent 1 gram, SaturatedFatContent 3 grams, SodiumContent 49 milligrams, SugarContent 8 grams, TransFatContent 0 grams

These taste distinctly homemade: much smaller than giant, thick bakery-style disks and more delicate, with just enough buttery dough to bind the chocolate and oats. Mixing by hand turns out cookies that are crisp at the edges and tender in the centers. These can be mixed and baked in under an hour, but the dough balls also can be packed in an airtight container and refrigerated for up to 3 days, or frozen for up to a month. You can bake them from ice-cold, though they’ll need a few more minutes to turn golden brown.

Provided by Genevieve Ko

Total Time 40 minutes

Yield 2 to 3 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

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