Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The history of the chocolate chip cookie is more twisted than you think! In this episode of The Old Cookbook Show, we dive into a 1941 Nestlé cookbook to make Toll House Chocolate Cookies—the original crunchy chocolate morsel cookie that predates the term "chocolate chip." Discover the true origins behind Ruth Wakefield's famous recipe and the marketing myths that shaped the chocolate chip cookie we know today.
We’ll explore how these cookies were originally baked in tiny half-teaspoon portions and the switch from chopped chocolate bars to the invention of Nestlé's chocolate morsels.
Whether you're a cookie history buff or just love a good vintage bake, this video will give you the inside scoop on making crunchy, classic Toll House cookies!
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Cream:
1 cup butter*, add
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup granulated sugar and
2 eggs beaten whole
Dissolve:
1 tsp. soda in
1 tsp. hot water, and mix
alternately with
2¼ cups flour sifted with
1 tsp. salt. Lastly add
1 cup chopped nuts and
2-7 oz. packages NESTLE'S SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE, in pieces
Flavor with 1 tsp. vanilla and drop by half teaspoons on a greased cookie sheet.
*Shortening may be substituted for butter.
*Additional water up to 4 tbs. may be added if batter seems too thick.
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The history of the chocolate chip cookie is more twisted than you think! In this episode of The Old Cookbook Show, we dive into a 1941 Nestlé cookbook to make Toll House Chocolate Cookies—the original crunchy chocolate morsel cookie that predates the term "chocolate chip." Discover the true origins behind Ruth Wakefield's famous recipe and the marketing myths that shaped the chocolate chip cookie we know today.
We’ll explore how these cookies were originally baked in tiny half-teaspoon portions and the switch from chopped chocolate bars to the invention of Nestlé's chocolate morsels.
Whether you're a cookie history buff or just love a good vintage bake, this video will give you the inside scoop on making crunchy, classic Toll House cookies!
🔗 Subscribe for more vintage recipes, baking history, and forgotten food stories!
Cream:
1 cup butter*, add
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup granulated sugar and
2 eggs beaten whole
Dissolve:
1 tsp. soda in
1 tsp. hot water, and mix
alternately with
2¼ cups flour sifted with
1 tsp. salt. Lastly add
1 cup chopped nuts and
2-7 oz. packages NESTLE'S SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE, in pieces
Flavor with 1 tsp. vanilla and drop by half teaspoons on a greased cookie sheet.
*Shortening may be substituted for butter.
*Additional water up to 4 tbs. may be added if batter seems too thick.
Here is the link to our Apron: searchandrescuedenim.com/products/s-r-x-glen-friends-chef-apron?country=IO&variant=50865649877152
searchandrescuedenim.com/GLENANDFRIENDSCOOKING
Discount code to be used at checkout: GLENANDFRIENDSCOOKING
Buy us a cup of tea: ko-fi.com/glenandfriendscooking
Help us out with a PayPal donation: paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=T4FPGUQABAUTE
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youtube.com/channel/UCsU15yvILBmnHPeAf4SFVaQ/join
This channel is nothing without you our viewers! Thanks for watching the Old Cookbook Show and our Historical Cooking.
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