THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE ..

OUR sweet CIELO of HOUSE IN ROSES

is hosting this

CHOCOLATE COOKIE SPRING PARTY !

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"We are all here, Cielo, present and accounted for!!"

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be sure to go over to see her delightful and delicious cookies

and she will have a delectable list of other

FABULOUS CHOCOLATE COOKIES

for your enjoyment.....

I PROMISE YOU WILL HAVE AN UTTERLY DELICIOUS TIME !!

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May I offer YOU one of MY

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES with CREAMY FUDGE AND PECAN FROSTING..

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Please feel free to take ....

A STRAWBERRY

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A GRAPE

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and A PLUM.....
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this PINK plate says the now famous words...

"forget love...

i'd rather fall into chocolate"

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May I please serve you an icy cold wine glass

filled to the brim with sweet, PINK LEMONADE ?

It is so good and cold and just right for

Fruit and Chocolate Cookies....

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Did I tell you that my Beautiful Daughter bought this

adorable plate for me, once, a long time ago?

She did !!

and I love it....but, mostly......

I LOVE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER...

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YES, INDEED....this is turning into the

loveliest of SPRING PARTIES....

CIELO sure knows how to HAVE FUN...

and I am so glad....VERY glad...that she

took us all along on this

CHOCOLATE COOKIE SPRING PARTY....

THANK YOU, CIELO !

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Most people in this world do not know that the

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE

was born the very same year as

ME.!!

Now, isn't THAT about the coolest thing you have ever heard ?

To know that the world's most loved COOKIE

and I share the same birth year is just nearly more than I can stand ....

I LOVE IT....yes, I do !!

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every time you bite into a chocolate chip cookie,

please have sweet thoughts of me ! :O)

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The History of Chocolate Chip Cookies ..
Like many great discoveries...and this is one of the greatest,

IT WAS A MISTAKE...!!

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Ruth Wakefield invented chocolate chip cookies in 1930 at the Toll House inn she and her husband Keneth ran near Whitman, Massachusetts. Like a bed and breakfast she made food for her guests. One evening in 1937 she got the idea to make a chocolate butter cookie so she broke up one of the bars of semi-sweet chocolate that Andrew Nestle gave her. She thought that it would mix together with the dough & make all chocolate cookies . Needless to say, it didn't. However the cookies came out decent so she served them. They of course were so good they had to be done again. She published the recipes in several newspapers and the recipe became very popular...
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This gem of Ruth's she called the Chocolate Crunch Cookie and she made a deal with Nestle that they could put the recipe on their chocolate bar if they supplied her with free chocolate for her cookies at the Inn.Nestle tried to make it easy for people to make these cookies. They even included a small chopper in the package. Finally, in 1939, the Chocolate Morsels that we know today were introduced.

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The chocolate chip cookie is the most popular kind of cookie in America. Seven billion chocolate chip cookies are eaten annually. The Toll House produces thirty-three thousand cookies each day. Some Vendors only sell chocolate chip cookies. Half of the cookies baked in American homes are chocolate chip.

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Mrs. Wakefields Original Toll House Cookie Recipe
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs

1 2/3 cups (11-oz. pkg.) chocolate chips

1 cup chopped nuts

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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..

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Bake some CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES today and bring lots of smiles

to your family...

I DID.....

and HE loved them!!

;O)

XO bj