VETERANS DAY TOLLHOUSE COOKIES: Vintage Ad with Recipe!

This Vintage Nestle Ad for Toll House Cookies from Good Housekeeping 1943 seems appropriate for Veterans Day. Toll House Cookies: "Make up a batch of those golden-brown, crunchy Toll House Cookie and send to that soldier boy of yours.' These are still terrific cookies for the Veteran in your life, as well as our men and women still in in service. Recipe below.

Chocolate Chip Cookies aka Toll House Cookies: Vintage Ad and Recipe for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!

Who doesn't love chocolate chip cookies? Today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. Here's the recipe for the original Chocolate Chip Cookie aka Toll House Cookies. And, here's a link to a post about Ruth Graves Wakefield, the originator of the Tollhouse Cookie (synonymous with chocolate chip cookie!)

These are the Chocolate Chip Cookies I grew up with. I thought I'd post this Vintage Ad for Toll House Cookies, along with the Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe on the back of the bag of Chocolate Chips!

Nestle Chocolate Chips Bag with Toll House Cookie recipe

Original Toll House Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened (sweet)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

1943 NESTLE AD WITH RECIPE FOR TOLLHOUSE COOKIES: Veterans Day

This Vintage Nestle Ad for Toll House Cookies in Good Housekeeping 1943 seems appropriate for Veterans Day. Toll House Cookies: "Make up a batch of those golden-brown, crunchy Toll House Cookie and send to that soldier boy of yours.' These are still terrific cookies for the Veteran in your life, as well as our men and women still in in service. Recipe below.

Veterans Day Toll House Cookies: Vintage Ad & Recipe

This Vintage Nestle Ad for Toll House Cookies in Good Housekeeping 1943 seems appropriate for Veterans Day. Toll House Cookies: "Make up a batch of those golden-brown, crunchy Toll House Cookie and send to that soldier boy of yours.' And these are still terrific cookies for the Veteran in your life, as well as our men and women still in in service. Recipe below.

Tollhouse Stars & Stripes Cookies: Fourth of July

From the Nestle Toll House Kitchens comes this recipe and photo for Toll House Stars and Stripes Cookies. How can you go wrong with a Chocolate Chip Cookie, America's Favorite Cookie? Perfect for the Fourth of July!

These cookies are great to make with kids. The fact that this recipe uses refrigerated cookie bar dough makes these cookies quick and easy. You can always make your own chocolate chip cookie dough. I have star cookie cutters.. well... I have a lot of cookie cutters. This recipe decorating technique should give you lots of 'food for thought' for other celebrations.

TOLLHOUSE STARS & STRIPES COOKIES

Ingredients
1 pkg (16.5 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
1 pkg (8 oz.) light cream cheese (Neufchâtel), at room temperature
1/3 cup granulated sugar
24 fresh, medium strawberries, sliced
3/4 cup fresh blueberries
2 tablespoons NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels

Directions
1. PREHEAT oven to 350º F.
2. ROLL cookie dough to 1/4-inch thickness between two pieces of wax paper. Remove top piece of paper. Cut cookie dough into stars with 3-inch star cookie cutter. Transfer cookies to ungreased baking sheet(s). (If stars are too hard to remove from wax paper, refrigerate rolled dough for 10 minutes.) Roll remaining dough to 1/4-inch thickness; cut out additional stars.
3. BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. While hot, reshape and pat edges of each star back into shape with knife. Cool on baking sheet(s) for 2 minutes; remove to wire rack(s) to cool completely.
4. BEAT cream cheese and sugar in small mixer bowl until fluffy. Spread onto cooled cookies. Place strawberry slices onto each cookie pointing outward. Place 5 to 6 blueberries in center of each cookie. Top each cookie with morsels.

Photo: Nestle Kitchens

Veteran's Day: 1943 Vintage Toll House Cookies Advertisement

Here's a Vintage Ad that appeared in Good Housekeeping in 1943. Seems appropriate for Veteran's Day. Toll House Cookies are still great for the Veteran in your life, as well as our men and women still fighting. Recipe below.

Toll House Cookies: Vintage Ad & Original Recipe

Who doesn't love chocolate chip cookies? This week is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Week. Here's the recipe for the original Chocolate Chip Cookie: Toll House Cookies. Here's a link to a post about Ruth Graves Wakefield, the originator of the Tollhouse Cookie (synonymous with chocolate chip cookie!)

These are the Chocolate Chip Cookies I grew up with. Thought I'd post this Vintage Ad for Toll House Cookies! Guess I'm Vintage! Recipe for Toll House Cookies below!

Nestle Chocolate Chips Bag with Toll House Cookie recipe

Original Toll House Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened (sweet)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Toll House Cookies Vintage Ad for Veteran's Day

Here's a Vintage Ad from Good Housekeeping 1943 seems appropriate for Veteran's Day. Toll House cookies are still great for the Veteran in your life, as well as our men and women still in the fight. Recipe below.

Toll House Cookies: Vintage Ad & Original Recipe

So in keeping with the food theme this week -- National Chocolate Chip Cookie Week--here's a recipe for the original Chocolate Chip Cookie: Toll House Cookies.

These are the Chocolate Chip Cookies I grew up with. Thought I'd post this Vintage Ad for Toll House Cookies! Guess I'm Vintage! Recipe for Toll House Cookies below!

Nestle Chocolate Chips Bag with Toll House Cookie recipe

Original Toll House Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened (sweet)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Chocolate Chips Recipe Round-Up: National Chocolate Chip Day

Today is National Chocolate Chip Day, but some would beg to differ. August 4 is also known as National Chocolate Chip Day, but let's face it, every day is Chocolate Chip Day at my House! So here's an updated round-up of some (but not all) Chocolate Chip Recipes from DyingforChocolate.com.

Chocolate Chips are so versatile. You're sure to have something to bake today to celebrate the holiday :-)

Post a comment, recipe or link about your favorite chocolate chip recipe!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Toll House Cookies: Vintage Ad & Recipe

DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookies

Coffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Bars

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches

Chocolate Chip Mandelbrot

Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Macaroons

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Jar

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Jar

Kentucky Chocolate-Nut Pie Mix in a Jar

Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Jar

Toll House Stars & Stripes Cookies

Blueberry White Chocolate Muffins

Goat Cheese Chocolate Chip Cheesecake 

Cheesecake Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups  

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Coconut Almond Torte with Chocolate Chips

Nutty Chocolate Chip Caramel Squares

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies  

Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Chip Bars in a Jar

Kentucky Derby Pie 

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ruth Graves Wakefield, the Birth of Toll House Cookies  

Chocolate Chip Cookie Stuffed Pies

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ruth Graves Wakefield, the Birth of Toll House Cookies

Happy Birthday, Ruth Graves Wakefield! Not a household name? Well, she should be. You've probably used her recipe numerous times. Ruth Graves Wakefield 'invented' the Chocolate Chip Cookie.

Ruth Graves Wakefield (June 17, 1903-January 10, 1977) graduated from the Framingham State Normal School Department of Household Arts in 1924. After graduation, she worked as a dietitian and food lecturer. In 1930, she and her husband bought the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachussets. It had been built in 1709 and had a rich history of providing a night's solace to weary travelers. Located about halfway between Boston and New Bedford, it was a place where passengers had historically paid a toll, changed horses and eaten much-welcomed home-cooked meals.

When the Wakefields opened their business, they named the establishment the Toll House Inn and took it upon themselves to uphold the lodge's tradition. Ruth cooked and served all the food and soon gained local fame for her desserts. The restaurant had many visitors including Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy (before he gained the U.S. presidency in 1960).

One day in 1934, while preparing a batch of Butter Drop Do cookies, a favorite recipe dating back to Colonial days, Ruth cut a bar of NESTLÉ Semi-Sweet Chocolate into tiny bits and added them to the dough of her Butter Drop Do cookies, expecting them to melt. The chocolate held its shape and softened to a delicate creamy texture. She called it her Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie. The resulting creation became very popular at the Inn. Soon after, Wakefield's recipe was published in a Boston newspaper, as well as other papers in the New England area. Regional sales of NESTLÉ Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar skyrocketed.

Eventually Wakefield approached NESTLÉ, and they reached an agreement that permitted NESTLÉ to print what would become the TOLL HOUSE Cookie recipe on the wrapper of their Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar. Part of the agreement included supplying Ruth with all the chocolate she could use to make her delicious cookies for the rest of her life. A pretty sweet deal!

As the popularity of the Toll House cookie grew, Nestle looked for ways to make it easier for people to bake. Soon, they began scoring the Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar and packaging it with a special chopper for easily cutting it into small morsels. Shortly after, in 1939, they began offering tiny pieces of chocolate in convenient, ready-to-use packages which is how the first NESTLÉ Toll House Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels were introduced.

Since first used by Ruth Wakefield in what would become the most popular cookie of all time, NESTLÉ Toll House Semi-Sweet Morsels have satisfied the chocolate cravings of millions. Who hasn't made a batch of these cookies using the recipe on the back of the package?

I'm a cookbook collector, and I didn't have a copy of Ruth Wakefield's Toll House Tried and True Recipes (1940), so I just ordered it. It's also available in various reprints. Wakefield donated her personal collection of cookbooks to Special Collections at Henry Whittemore Library at Framingham State College.

Our debt to Ruth Wakefield's toll house chocolate chip cookies is immense, for it would pave the way for cookie and food empires of contemporary women such as Debbie Fields and Martha Stewart.

Original Toll House Cookie Recipe:

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

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On Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, May 15, I had a post devoted to the Chocolate Chip Cookie. For recipes for Extreme Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chocolate Chip overload, go here. Want 27 Tips for Creating the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie? ExtremeChocolate.com has some great tips. In my blog, I even added a recipe for bacon/chocolate chip cookies.

Ruth Graves Wakefield was born on June 17, so in her honor, I think I'll bake some "original' Toll House cookies today.

Thanks so much to Months of Edible Celebrations for the reminder about this very special birthday.