Everyone has a memory regarding the best chocolate chip cookie ever made. Chocolate chip cookies are as American as apple pie; and nothing goes better with a glass of milk. Plus, chocolate chip cookies are the perfect accompaniment for a slumber party, school bake sale or just a quick snack.
History of Chocolate Chip Cookies
The history of chocolate chip cookies originates from Ruth Wakefield, inventor of the Nestle-Toll House brand of chocolate chip cookies. Ruth Graves Wakefield graduated from the Framingham State Normal School Department of Household Arts in Farmington, MA in 1924. She worked as a dietitian. Ruth and her husband bought a tourist lodge named the Toll House Inn. The story goes that one day while making one of her favorite recipes, the butter drop cookie, she found herself without an ingredient the recipe called for, baker's chocolate. So what does any good baker do? She made the best of what she had and substituted a semi-sweet chocolate bar cut up into bits. However, unlike the baker's chocolate the chopped up chocolate bar did not melt completely, the small pieces only softened.
The chocolate bar happened to be a gift from Andrew Nestle of the Nestle Chocolate Company. As the Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe became popular, sales of Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bar increased and Andrew Nestle and Ruth Wakefield struck a deal. Nestle would print the Toll House Cookie recipe on its packaging and in exchange, Ruth Wakefield would have a lifetime supply of Nestle chocolate.
Delicious Recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies although easy to make; are actually very intricate, and have come a lot way since Ruth Graves Wakefield. Chocolate chip cookies contain flour, sugar, eggs, etc.; pretty much the same group of ingredients in just about every recipe, the slightest pinch of salt or vanilla extract can change the tone of the batter. The makeup of the best chocolate chip cookie recipe has to also pay attention to it's key ingredient, the chocolate; bittersweet and milk chocolate are the most common chocolate used in traditional chocolate chip cookies.
So what makes the best chocolate chip cookie? Bittersweet, milk or white chocolate, substituting wheat flour to white and adding one cup of ground oats for flavor and texture. This chocolate chip cookie is the best, it is sure to make grandma jealous.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup ground oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons hot water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
- Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt.
- Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts.
- Drop by large spoonfuls onto un-greased pans.
- Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.
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