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Ruth Wakefield was an American chef and cookbook author who operated the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. In the 1930s, she invented the Toll House chocolate chip cookie by incorporating chopped semi-sweet Nestlé chocolate into her cookie dough. She later sold the recipe to Nestlé in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate. Her creation popularized the chocolate chip cookie, which became a staple in American home baking and commercial dessert production.
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Who really invented the chocolate chip cookie?
Ruth Wakefield, an American chef and dietitian, invented the chocolate chip cookie in 1938. She created the iconic dessert at the Toll House Inn, a restaurant she owned with her husband in Whitman, Massachusetts.
How did Ruth Wakefield come up with the chocolate chip cookie?
Contrary to the popular myth that she accidentally melted chocolate, Wakefield intentionally created the recipe by chopping up a semi-sweet Nestlé chocolate bar and adding the pieces to her butter drop dough. She expected the chunks to melt, but they held their shape, creating the first chocolate chip cookie.
What was the name of Ruth Wakefield's cookbook?
Wakefield published her famous recipes in a cookbook titled "Toll House Tried and True Recipes." The first printing of the book in 1936 featured the original chocolate chip cookie recipe, which fundamentally changed American dessert culture forever.
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