Celebrate World Chocolate Day with this mouthwatering, original recipe for the chocolate chip cookie.

Invented in the 1930s by Ruth Wakefield, a chef, dietitian and proprietor of the former Toll House Inn restaurant near Boston.

Ruth never could’ve imagined her small town cookie would become a worldwide sensation. And, decades later, the official state cookie of Massachusetts!

Ingredients

• 1 cup, butter

• 3/4 cup, brown sugar (packed)

• 3/4 cup, granulated sugar

• 2 eggs, beaten

• 1 teaspoon, baking soda

• 1 teaspoon, hot water

• 2 1/4 cups, flour

• 1 teaspoon, salt

• 1 cup, chopped nuts

• 14 ounces, semisweet chocolate morsels

• 1 teaspoon, vanilla

Directions

1) Mix butter, sugars and eggs till creamy.

2) Dissolve baking soda into hot water. Then shift the flour with salt. Alternate between adding soda water and salt-flour to the creamy mixture (step 1).

3) Add nuts and chocolate morsels. Stir in vanilla.

4) Chill the dough overnight.

5) Preheat oven to 375° F (190° C).

6) Roll a teaspoon of dough in the palms of your hand, then place it on a greased baking sheet.

7) Keep adding balls, placing them two inches apart. (Around 100 cookies in total.)

8) Lightly press on each ball with your fingertip to form a flat round. (Keeps cookies from spreading a lot during baking).

9) Bake for 10-12 minutes.

10) Serve warm with milk, ice cream, caramel, etc. Yum!