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- [Someone sent this in from California, and we decided to extend
- our campaign against information hoarding to recipes as well
- as software. (Recipes are the closest thing, not involving computers,
- to software.)
-
- The story appears to be a myth, according to the Chicago Tribune,
- which says that Mrs Fields Cookies hoards the information completely.
- Therefore, this recipe can be thought of as a compatible replacement.
- We have reports that the cookies it makes are pretty good.]
-
- Someone at PG&E called the Mrs. Fields Cookie office
- and requested the recipe for her cookies. They asked
- her for her charge card number, and she gave it to them
- thinking the cost would be $15 to $25. It turned out
- to be $200!
-
- Therefore, this person is giving the recipe to anyone
- and everyone she knows (and doesn't know) so that
- someone can get use of her $200. Anyway, just keep
- passing it on.
-
- Cream together: 2 cups butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups brown sugar
-
- Add: 4 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
-
- Mis together in
- separate bowl: 4 cups flour
- 5 cups oatmeal (put small
- amounts of oatmeal in blender until it turns to
- powder. Measure out 5 cups of oatmeal and only
- "powderize" that, NOT 5 cups "powderized" oatmeal)
-
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
-
- Mix: All of the above
-
- Add: 24 oz. bag of chocolate chips and
- 1 finely grated 8 oz Hershey bar (plain)
-
- Add: 3 cups chopped nuts (any kind)
-
- Bake on greased cookie sheet (make golf ball sized balls) and
- bake about two inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 - 10
- minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Makes 112.
-
- From: ucdavis!lll-lcc!hplabs!parcvax!bane@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (John R. Bane)
- Subject: Re: free cookie foundation?
-
- Hi! I "stole" your very expensive cookie recipe off the net. If you
- want to send me your SnailMail address, I'll be glad to send you a
- dollar (I would like to suggest this to the net, but I think there is
- some netiquette rule against asking for money - or is that only money
- for oneself?) to help defray the cost (it's not much, but if EVERYone
- who took the recipe sent you a dollar, it would help).
-
- Here also is another cookie recipe which I'm very fond of.
-
- Makes 6-8 dozen
- Bake at 375 degrees for ~10 min.
-
- Cream together:
-
- 1 cup shortening (I use Weight Watcher's Reduced Calorie Margarine!)
- 1/4 cup peanut butter (I recommend the non-sugared kind)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
-
- Add:
-
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups rolled oats (I use the 5-min variety)
- 1-2 cups chocolate chips (I use 2 cups semi-sweet - ummmm!)
- 1 cup nuts (I use pecan pieces - don't get them crushed, or the extra
- oil will make greasy cookies)
- 1 cup shredded or flaked coconut
-
- (The nuts were listed as optional and I added the coconut myself, but
- I really love them there! You could also add things like m&m's, or
- raisons (I don't care for raisons in cookies, but you might). I've
- always wanted to try banana chips.)
-
- Mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet (I use pam).
- Bake at 375 degrees for approx. 10 min.
-
- My aunt found this recipe in an Amish book called something like
- "Eating Well When The Whole World Is Starving," and although I thought
- a cookie recipe was a bit odd for a book like that, they are about the
- healthiest a cookie is ever likely to get.
-
- They are also very easy to make (no blending, sifting, rolling, etc.)
- and extrememly delicious. I get rave reviews and recipe requests whenever
- I make them.
-
- - rene
-
- Chocolate Chip Cookies - Glamorous, crunchy, rich with chocolate bits & nuts.
-
- Also known as "Toll House" Cookies ... from Kenneth and Ruth Wakefield's
- charming New England Toll House on the outskirts of Whitman, Massachusetts.
- These cookies were first introduced to American homemakers in 1939 through
- our series of radio talks on "Famous Foods From Famous Eating Places."
-
- Mix Thoroughly :
- 2/3 cup soft shortening ( part butter )
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar ( packed )
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
-
- Sift together and stir in :
- 1-1/2 cups sifted flour (*)
- 1/2 tsp soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
-
- Stir in :
- 1/2 cup cut-up nuts
- 6 oz package of semi-sweet chocolate pieces ( about 1-1/4 cups )
-
-
- (*) for a softer, more rounded cookie, use 1-3/4 cups sifted flour.
-
-
- Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until
- delicately browned ... cookies should still be soft. Cool slightly before you
- remove them from the baking sheet.
-
- Temperature: 375 F. ( modern oven )
- Time: bake 8 - 10 minutes
- Amount: 4 - 5 dozen 2" cookies
-
-
- =====
-
- Personal comments :
-
- I find it tastes better with a mixture of shortening and butter, as they say.
-
- You don't need << all >> of that sugar, and it can be whatever color you want.
-
- The nuts are optional. Feel free to play with the recipe. I put oatmeal in it,
- reducing flour accordingly, and sometimes cinnamon.
-
- I also find it useful to grease the cookie sheets.
-
- I think I'm going to go bake some now ...
-
- -- richard
-
-