Recipe 143

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Recipe name and category: Clara’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

No. of servings: 40 cookies

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Recipe ingredients and directions:

¼ lb butter

½ cup brown sugar

¼ cup white sugar

½ tsp vanilla

1 egg, beaten

1-1/4 cup flour

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

½ tsp baking soda

¾ cup chopped walnuts

6 oz chocolate chips

1. Mix the butter with the sugar.
2. Add the vanilla and egg to the above.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda together.
4. Mix the flour mixture and butter mixture together.
5. Fold the nuts and chocolate chips into the batter.
6. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until light brown.

Recipe source:

Recipe anecdote: These are the best cookies my Mother ever made. I believe she got the recipe from her baby sitter so the recipe has to be more than 95 years old. Susan Barksdale