Yes, we already have the Original Toll House Cookies recipe here, but this is the official recipe for High Altitude (or so we are told). Bottom line: they make for nicely risen cookies here in Denver, so, yeah.
Ingredients
- 2½ c. flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter (two sticks)
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp water
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped nuts (highly, highly optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C)
- Combine flour, soda, salt in a small bowl.
- Cream together butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla in a large bowl.
- Add eggs, one at a time, to the butter mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture and water into the wet ingredients until well combined.
- Stir in chips and nuts.
- Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown (ran closer to 10 in our oven).
- Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks.
For a pan cookie (10×15″ jelly-roll pan), prepare dough as above, and spread into greased pan, baking 17-19 minutes.