Toll House Cookies

I KNOW you can just get the recipe off of the package of semi-sweet Nestle's chips but what if they decided to quit printing the recipe there? I made cookies yesterday for hubby to take scouting. We have the Cookie Tree bakery lady (actually she's the sales manager) in our neighborhood and I seldom make homemade cookies because I have boxes of dough in my freezer from Cookie Tree. Cookies like double-fudge, English toffee, etc. But they don't make Toll House. And I seldom make Toll House but for some reason, I've been nostalgic. They used to be the cookies of choice. Maybe it was having the kiddos here during the week, I've been remembering how things used to be (Kraft Macaroni and Cheese EVERY day for lunch....)

So, here's a toast to the yummiest, never fails to please cookie of my young motherhood. I know you know what they look like but I wanted to show off my cute green glasses and saucer and polka dotted napkins. I got the saucers in California at Home Goods years ago and carried them home on the plane. And you know how I have a paper napkin fetish. I go bonkers over cute napkins.

Original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 c. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 large eggs

2 cups (12. oz. pkg.) Nestle's Toll House Semi-Sweet chips

1 cups chopped nuts (I don't like nuts in my cookies. I would still eat the cookies but they wouldn't be my perfect bite.)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix softened butter, sugar and vanilla with mixer until creamy. Add eggs. Mix flour, soda and salt together and gradually add to wet mixture. Stir in chip, and if you must, nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. I like to use my Tablespoon measuring spoon for scoop uniform cookie amounts. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.

When these golden morsels come out of the oven, NOW is the time to be strong! Set two aside for personal indulgence, put several on a plate and hide them in your husband's drawers (dresser drawers...) and take the rest to neighbors. If all 3 dozen are sitting on your counter, I'm telling you, there will be trouble. Get rid of these babies as soon as you can or they will attach to your hips. Or tummy. Or thighs. Immediately.