Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies High Altitude Recipes

ORIGINAL NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. 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 for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

NESTLE TOLL HOUSE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES (HIGH ALTITUDE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375º F / 190º Celsius.
• Combine flour, soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Cream together butter, sugars and vanilla extract in a large bowl.
• Add eggs, one at a time, to butter mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Gradually beat flour mixture and water into the wet ingredients until well combined.
• Stir in morsels and nuts.
• Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks.
• *For a pan cookie (15x10 inch jelly-roll pan): Grease pan, prepare dough as indicated above, spread into pan and bake 17-19 minutes.

ORIGINAL NESTLE TOLL HOUSE® CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 375°F.
• COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. 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 for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• PAN COOKIE VARIATION: Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.
• SLICE AND BAKE COOKIE VARIATION:.
• PREPARE dough as above. Divide in half; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Shape each half into 15-inch log; wrap in wax paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.* Preheat oven to 375°F Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
• * May be stored in refrigerator for up to 1 week or in freezer for up to 8 weeks.
• FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING (5,200 feet): Increase flour to 2 1/2 cups. Add 2 teaspoons water with flour and reduce both granulated sugar and brown sugar to 2/3 cup each. Bake drop cookies for 8 to 10 minutes and pan cookie for 17 to 19 minutes.

TOLL HOUSE COOKIE RECIPE, HIGH ALTITUDE, WITH GHIRARDELLI CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• Cream butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until it's a fluffy mixture. Scrape sides of bowl with spatula.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Tip: First, crack eggs into a cup or dish to ensure no bits of shell enter the butter/sugar mixture.
• Add flour mixture gradually, beating until mixed.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Stir in nuts (optional).
• Drop by rounded tablespoon onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 9-11 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges and on the bottom of cookies.
• Cool on baking sheets for two minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• Repeat until all dough is baked into cookies. You can refrigerate the dough for baking later, bringing the dough to room temperature before baking.
• Enjoy! (And probably share).