Mom’s Tollhouse Cookies

(from Bobbi’s recipe box)

The ultimate! The one and only….

Source: Mom

Prep time: 45 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 5 people

Categories: Christmas cookies, Desserts

Ingredients

  • 1 C of Crisco
  • 3/4 C of brown sugar
  • 2 unbeaten eggs - add to mixture
  • 1/2 t of salt
  • 1 1/2 C of sifted flour
  • 1 tsp of baking soda & 1 tsp of HOT water - dissolve together
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract
  • 2 C of instant oats
  • 16 oz of bittersweet Nestle's chocolate morsels
  • 1 C of chopped walnuts

Directions

  1. Cream together first two ingredients

  2. Add eggs

  3. Combine salt, flour, baking soda, water and 1 teaspoon of vanilla

  4. Mix w/spoon until flour disappears

  5. Mix thoroughly with tidbits and walnuts

  6. Bake at 375 on a greased cookie sheet – 3rd or 4th rack. Ovens vary, go by eye. Somewhere between 6-10 minutes.

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