The True Story of the Chocolate Chip Cookie

Today the chocolate chip cookie comes in so many varieties and is such an essential member of the American dessert family that it s hard to imagine that there was once a time when it wasn t even an option The cookie was the invention of Toll House Inn restaurant owner and chef Ruth Graves Wakefield 1903 1977 It was a hit with customers and instead of keeping her chocolate chip cookie recipe secret she included it in her cookbooks and struck a deal with Nestle to print the recipe on every bag of their new chocolate morsels

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