There's nothing that makes a person feel more at home than homemade chocolate chip cookies (CCC). It's the kind of treat most kids grew up loving and it's the kind of treat that most people consider as their comfort food.
The thought of homemade chocolate chip cookies almost always bring a smile to most people not only because of how good they taste but because of how it became a part of their growing up.
Most people look back at their childhood with fond memories whenever they get to take a bite out of homemade (CCC). They're easy to make and for some reason mothers (and fathers) love baking them for their little kids, hence, people's fondness for this delightful treat.
What many people don't know about this delightful treat is that they were accidentally created by Ruth Graves Wakefield back in 1933. Ruth was the owner of the Toll House Inn, which was located in Whitman, Massachusetts.
The restaurant was a popular dining establishment that offered delicious home-cooked meals back in the 1930s. The popularity attached to the restaurant wasn't only because of the tasty meals but it was also due to Ruth's policy to offer her customers an extra helping of entrées for them to take home along with her homemade cookies as dessert.
Ruth wrote a cookbook entitled Toll House Tried and True Recipes, which came out in 1936. In it was the recipe for the "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie", which immediately became everyone's favorite homemade cookie.
Today, there are different ways to bake (CCC).
One can bake a batch with large chunks of chocolate chips or small ones. There are chocolate chip cookies with almonds to give it a different twist and there are even chocolate chip cookies with spices that will definitely make any mouth water with delight.
What makes homemade chocolate chip cookies fun to bake is that they're easy to make and requires only a few ingredients.
