Chocolate Chip Cookies - America

The chocolate chip cookie was invented by American chefs Ruth Graves Wakefield and Sue Brides in 1938. They invented the recipe during the period when she owned the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Massachusetts. At the time, the Toll House Inn was a popular restaurant that featured home cooking. It was said that she accidentally developed the cookie, and that she expected the chocolate chunks would melt, making chocolate cookies. Apparently, Wakefield stated that she deliberately invented the cookie. She said, "We had been serving a thin butterscotch nut cookie with ice cream. Everybody seemed to love it, but I was trying to give them something different. So I came up with Toll House cookie." She added chopped up bits from a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar into a cookie. The original recipe in Toll House ‘Tried and True Recipes’ is called "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies". Wakefield gave Nestle the recipe for her cookies and was paid with a lifetime supply of chocolate from the company.

This particular Recipe is vegan yet states amazing. I didn’t want my vegan friends to feel left out this month.

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 300g all-purpose flour

• 1½ teaspoons baking powder

• ½ teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup (120g) packed brown sugar

• ½ cup melted coconut oil

• 1 ripe banana smoothly mashed

• 6 tablespoons water

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 1 heaping cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until combined.

3. In a large bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, coconut oil, banana, water, and vanilla until smooth.

4. Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients and use a spatula to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips. Use a tablespoon to scoop the dough onto the baking sheets. Bake, one sheet at a time, for 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes.

5. Take pictures and post on the Advent Calendar group, Instagram, don’t forget to tag us and enjoy!!!!