A typical chocolate chip cookie--no match for the updated chocolate chip-oatmeal cookies made by Susanne Jensen (recipe is after the jump)
While some facts about the history of that American classic, the chocolate chip cookie, are in dispute, there seems to be agreement that it originated at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, back the the 1930′s. Legend has it that the cookie became known around the U.S. when World War II G.I.’s from Massachusetts shared cookies sent from home with their fellow soldiers. The typical recipe includes both brown and white sugar, white flour, eggs and butter or shortening. No wonder that new, nutrition-dense versions are becoming ever more popular. Susanne Jensen, natural foods chef and cooking teacher, made these cookies last Monday for our weekly vegetarian dinners in Palo Alto, and received many requests for her well-loved recipe. She shares her recipe after the jump. Can a cookie this good be healthy as well? Try baking some, and see… Continue reading
