The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Book Scrumptious Recipes Fabled History From Toll House To Cookie Cake Pie

Full of fun facts, myths, secrets, and cookie recipes apt to make you as famous as Amos among your family and friends, The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Book makes for great reading and great baking. The advent and swift rise of the chocolate chip cookie offers some of the best stories in American myth-making and king-making. It might feel like this favorite treat is part of our national heritage, perhaps dating back to the founding fathers, but not until 1930 was the first batch impulsively baked in the kitchen of a Massachusetts inn. How quickly it became our nation’s favorite is what makes the chocolate chip cookie more relentlessly American than even apple pie. Easily commodified and mass-produced, it birthed new business moguls overnight, ultimately accounting for more than half of all homemade cookies, with sales of 6 billion packaged cookies annually in the U.S.—it’s the stuff of legend. Revisit the Toll House Inn kitchen of Ruth Wakefield, who one fateful day took an ice pick to a block of chocolate and sprinkled it into her cookie dough, spawning a national craving that continues unabated to this day. Get to know the first chocolate chip cookie-preneurs and their unlikely success stories. Did you know that Wally “Famous” Amos was a successful music talent agent who signed Dionne Warwick and Simon and Garfunkel to recording contracts before he decided a brighter future lay in perfecting his dear aunt’s irresistible cookie recipe? Or that Mrs. Fields was a determined young trophy wife whose husband said her idea of trying to sell her chunky, chewy cookies would never work? And the recipes are packed into this book like brown sugar in a measuring cup, from close approximations of the original Toll House and Mrs. Fields recipes to creative variations like Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies and Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies. Vegan, gluten-free, and low-fat/low-cal recipes are here, too. So whether you prefer yours crunchy or soft, with or without nuts, you’ll be delighted by the wealth of fun facts and delicious recipes in The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Book—and you’re sure to be scrambling for the pantry or nearest bakery to feed your craving.

A history, guidebook, and cookbook showcasing the chocolate chip cookie! Wyman tells the true story of the cookie's invention; provides a state-by-state survey of bakeries and restaurants known for their chocolate chip cookie creations; and provides recipes for sour cream, pudding, kosher, vegan, and gluten-free cookies, as well as tips for taking your recipe to the next level.

The South Shore is an intriguing mix of antiquity and modernity. The region's first settlement, Plymouth, is a top tourist destination, as more than one million visitors flock to it annually. Quincy showcases the region's Revolutionary War past, but even more of its fascinating sites are hidden behind an urban fa�ade. Along windswept beaches and cranberry bogs, the varied terrain is unique and captivating. From the birthplace of Abigail Adams in Weymouth to the historical houses of Hingham and the Old Scituate Light, author Zachary Lamothe uncovers the stories behind some of the most notable people and landmarks in New England.

Provides facts about the chocolate chip cookie inventor, and imagines what could have led her to develop the Toll House cookie recipe, which include a possible cooking disaster, an ingredient substitution, and an original idea.

The Original Nestle Tollhouse Chocolate Chip cookie is ambrosia to most, but it's clear fans of that delectable cookie and chocolate combination just can't resist fiddling with perfection. And perfect they do! Over 100 delicious and inventive variations of that original recipe--from all-chocolate extravaganzas to tempting add-ins such as macadamia nuts, Amaretto, maple syrup, granola, and peanut butter--have been collected here from cookie chefs across the country. In this cookbook laced with sweet bits of chip history, readers will find recipes to suit every taste and be inspired to come up with their own fresh-from-the-oven chocolatey confections.

A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient. Chocolate Chip Cookies start with a dough made of butter, flour, brown sugar, white sugar, chocolate chips, eggs, and vanilla. Recipe variations add other types of chocolate or additional ingredients such as nuts or oatmeal. Chocolate chip cookies are the most popular cookie in the United States. The original recipe was created in the 1930s by the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts. The recipe became so popular that it appeared on the Betty Crocker radio program. This cookbook contains a wide variety of scrumptious chocolate chip cookie recipes.

An encyclopedic cookie-lover's treasure trove, this book is a truly comprehensive cookie resource, packed with more than 250 recipes for every imaginable cookie. An essential tool for any baker, it's the ultimate companion for people with a weakness for sweetness.

Sometimes inventing can be sweet. Author Carmen Bredeson explores the creation of everyone's favorite cookie this book. Readers will find out about Ruth Wakefield, the Toll House Inn, and the invention of the chocolate chip cookie.