I had some great cookies tonight

[Stinky The Clown]

We went with friends to a Shakespeare on the lawn kinda thing tonight. Taming of the Shrew. Really fun evening. Every brought food to share. One woman brought cookies. Chocolate chip. Unlike and I've ever had.

They were very thin and kinda crunchy, but soft. Really, really good.

So I ask her how she made 'em.

"Like my mother showed me years ago. You make them just like the back of the bag toll house recipe, but reduce the flour."

Wow!

Anyone ever do this? I never even heard of it but next time we do chocochippers, that's what we'll do.

[eleny]

1. Now I want a cookie

All we've got in the house is some grahams. But they'll have to do because - I wanna cookie!

Did she say by how much she reduced the flour?

[Stinky The Clown]

3. She said to that if it calls for 2 cups of flour, use 1-3/4.

Not having the recipe in front of me, I don't know if it calls for an actual 2 cups of flour or if she was saying that just as an example.

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Okay, here's the original recipe:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks, 1/2 pound) butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups (12-ounce package) NESTLE TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

1 cup chopped nuts

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl. 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 in preheated 375-degree oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

PAN COOKIE VARIATION: PREPARE dough as above. Spread into greased 15"x10" jelly-roll pan. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack.

FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING (>5,200 feet): INCREASE flour to 2 1/2 cups; add 2 teaspoonfuls water with flour; reduce both granulated sugar and brown sugar to 2/3 cup each. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, drop cookies for 8 to 10 minutes and pan cookies for 17 to 19 minutes.

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Interestingly, those lovable nerds over at cooking for engineers have already discovered all this. Read at this link:

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/185/Nestle-Toll-House-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies

[NashVegas]

5. NYT (?) Had An Article Recently

They felt the secret to really, really good CC cookies was to refrigerate the dough for a day or two.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Heh. You could double...

the butter and sugar, too.

Toll House is as basic a cookie recipe there is, and I've made hundreds of variations on it-- most of them pretty good. I have to assume millions of variations have been made-- most of them pretty good.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. We were talking about that last night.

It is probably the most often made recipe on the planet. Which says it is also the most experimented with recipe on the planet. And also the most dependable recipe on the planet.