Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies (Ca 1948) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon hot water
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts
12 ounces semisweet chocolate morsels
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Cream butter.
Add sugars.
Add eggs.
Sift flour and salt.
Dissolve soda in water and add alternately with sifted flour mixture to butter and sugars.
Add nuts and chocolate morsels.
Stir in vanilla.
Drop by half-teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes at 375\u00b0F.