I remember back in the late 80s or early 90s a recipe went around for Mrs. Field’s Chocolate Chip cookies. There was some sort of tale that went something like this:

So-and-so called Mrs. Fields Cookies and asked for their cookie recipe. She was told there was a two-fifty charge for the recipe. She assumed it was $2.50 and she charged it to her VISA. It was not $2.50 but $250.00. In order to get her money’s worth, she is passing the recipe out to everyone.

I’ve heard this story in all sorts of version attached to all sorts of recipes and sometimes it is Nieman-Marcus substituted in for Mrs. Fields. Snopes has a lot of information on the legend, which, btw, is not true. I found this recipe in my old recipe box. It said I got it from Jody Coppersmith, a friend of my parents who lived down the road from us, closer to Bean City. I’m not sure how she got the recipe or how it got passed from person to person.. somehow I ended up writing down this version of the recipe and going with it. No matter the origins or the unlikelihood that it’s authentic, it’s a keeper for sure!

I know I just said that we get most of our recipes online, but I do have an old recipe box filled with all kinds of recipes I collected 10 - 20 years ago. Yes, 20. I baked a lot as a teenager. In many ways the recipe box is more of a memory box because I always note when I made the recipe on the back. Makes me think I should add a comment to cooking posts every time I remake a recipe.

In September I pulled out the recipe for Mrs. Field’s Chocolate Chip Cookies and made them for my birthday party. To mix it up a little I used Ghirardelli white and semi-sweet chocolate chips. The cookies were a big hit and flew off the try in 3 seconds. I decided to make them again last night to bring to Thanksgiving Dinner tonight. It seems that there are a lot of pies being made, but I think we’ll be visiting all day, so I thought cookies would be a good snacking dessert.

One other note: Contrary to the directions on the recipe card above, I usually mix the wet ingredients with the sugars and mix the dry ingredients separately and then combine them.