Ruth Wakefield Was The Woman Who Invented The Chocolate Chip Cookie That We Know And Love Today, And Here’s Her Original Recipe
Ruth Wakefield was the woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie we know and love today while cooking at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, in the 1930s.
Ruth’s recipe started at the Toll House Inn kitchen and eventually made its way into homes all across the country.
Since then, so many of us have crafted our own chocolate cookie recipes and deemed them the best.
But, sometimes, it’s best to return to the basics. If you’re looking for the original, classic chocolate chip cookie recipe, you’ve come to the right place!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter and a little extra for greasing baking sheets
- 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large, beaten eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon hot water
- 2 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
First, you’ll want to preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Then, using a mixer, cream the butter and sugar together.
Then, add in your beaten eggs and stir until combined. Next, take your teaspoon of baking soda and dissolve it in a teaspoon of hot water.
Once your baking soda is dissolved, add it to your dough and mix until combined. Next, sift together your flour and salt, then mix it into the dough.
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Finally, stir in the vanilla, chocolate chips, and, optionally, nuts of your choice! Fun fact: when Ruth made her first batch of chocolate chip cookies, she added chopped nuts.
Next, if you’d like, you can chill the cookie dough in the fridge for an hour or longer, which makes the cookies more flavorful and makes them hold onto their texture.
When you’re ready to bake your cookies, grease your cookie sheets with butter. Then, drop tablespoons of the cookie dough onto them and bake until the cookies are browned along the edges, which should take between 10 to 12 minutes. This recipe yields two to three dozen cookies.
When they’re done, you’ll be left with delicious chocolate chip cookies that will be sure to serve as a comforting, warm treat to anyone who eats them!
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