Crazy for Chocoate Chip Cookies!





 When you want a cookie, there are so many types to choose from. You could have a sugar cookie, a peanut butter, a m+m cookie, or...so many more different types of cookies that you can't even name them all. Out of all of the cookies in the world I feel that you just can't go wrong with a good old homemade chocolate chip cookie.  I would have to say that personally these are my favorite types of cookies, especially when they are warm and fresh out of the oven.  They are ooey and gooey and melt in your, with warm, soft chocolate chips that melt in your mouth. It is like taking a small bite of heaven and it is impossible to only eat one. Have you ever wondered though how these delicious cookies came to be? Who made them and how did they think of the idea? Well, I went on the internet and did a little research to find out.

  It all started with a woman named Ruth Graves Wakefield.  She graduated from college in 1924 and became a dietician.  Some time later She and her husband purchased and ran a tourist lodge that was called the Toll House Inn.  Ruth became known for the delicious desserts she made and one of her favorite ones to make were Butter Drop Do cookies.  One day when Ruth was baking a batch of Butter Drop Do cookies and she realized that she was missing baker's chocolate and it was needed for the recipe.  She decided to substitute the ingredient with a semi sweet chocolate bar that she broke up into little pieces. The chocolate bar happened to be made by another famous person in the food industry, Andrew Nestle who owned the Nestle Chocolate company.  When Ruth went to bake the cookies she found that the chocolate pieces did not melt into the cookie, but only became softened and warm.  These cookies became a hit at the inn though and eventually led to Andrew Nestle and Ruth Wakefield making a deal. Mr. Nestle would print the recipe on the back of the chocolate packaging and in return Ruth was given a lifetime supply of chocolate.  this is how the nestle Toll house cookie that we still love and eat today came to be.  One of the best cookies in the world was a total accident, but probably one of the most delicious accidents to ever happen.

Info from:
http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventors/a/Chocolate_Chip.htm
Picture From:
http://kitchen-goddess.yumsugar.com/Original-NESTL-TOLL-HOUSE-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies-2691185