1938 - Toll House Cookie Recipe

* Wakefield was looking to improve on the colonial-style desserts she had been serving to her customers at the Toll House Inn. * She wanted to add melting squares of baking chocolate to the blond batter, but she realized her baking cabinet was out of the ingredient. * She used an icepick to break the chocolate into pea-sized bits, which today would be recognized as the cookie's staple, chocolate "chips." * As opposed to melting and disseminating across the cookie, the bits maintained their chunky form as they baked. *The recipe became so popular that it was featured in newspapers. * Toll House Cookie became the most popular dessert of the time.

Recipe for Toll House Cookie

Category:
Food Preparation

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
N/A

Co-Inventor:
none