Grub Americana

Chocolate Chip Cookie: The Mistake America Loves

When Ruth Wakefield ran out of Baker’s chocolate to make her chocolate cookies and decided to use pieces of a chocolate bar to finish the task, she never thought it would result in the creation of America’s favorite cookie. But it did, and the rest, so they say, is history. Ruth Graves Wakefield graduated in […]

Modernized Butter Drop Do Cookie

Whatcha Need: 1/2 cup butter 1/3 cup sugar 1 egg 3/4 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon vanilla About 18 whole nuts Whatcha Do: Preheat oven to 400 F; grease a cookie sheet. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg, then beat in flour, then add vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls on to cookie sheet, and top each […]

Wakefield’s Original Chocolate Crunch Cookies

"Here’s a new cookie that everybody loves because it is so delicious, so different and so easy to make. With each crisp bite you taste a delicious bit of Nestle’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate and a crunch of rich walnut meat. A perfect combination. Every one will be surprised and delighted to find that the chocolate does […]

NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe makes about 60 cookies Whatcha Need: 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 […]