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Toll House Cookies

Submitted By Anis Dodson Fricks
Ingredients:

1 cup butter or margarine
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp hot water
2½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup chopped nuts
2 (6 oz) pkgs semi-sweet chocolate pieces

Heat oven to 375°F. Cream butter or margarine in a
large bowl. Add brown sugar, sugar and eggs; beat
until blended. Dissolve baking soda in water; add to
butter mixture. Stir in flour and salt. Fold in
chopped nuts, chocolate pieces and vanilla. Drop by
half-teaspoons, 2" apart onto greased cookie sheets.
Bake 10-12 minutes. Makes 100 cookies.

Note: When this cookie was made at Toll House Inn,
the dough was chilled overnight then shaped into
balls to prevent cookies from spreading while baking.

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