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- Added or last updatedNovember 6, 2019
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Why to try delicious Toll House marble squares
By Ann McDuffie – Tampa Tribune (Florida) May 20, 1967
Everyone loves Toll House Cookies — which is why they’re so popular. Now there’s a new twist to these cookies. That’s Toll House Marble Squares.
They have the same chocolate, old-fashioned flavor of Toll House Cookies, but the whole batch of batter is baked at one time in a baking pan instead of on cookie sheets. This way you save the time of spooning cookies onto cookie sheets, getting them into and out of the oven and removing the cookies for cooling.
There’s a neat trick to marbleizing the chocolate morsels throughout the batter. The cookie batter is put into the baking pan and a package of semi-sweet chocolate morsels is sprinkled over the top. The pan goes into a preheated oven for 1 minute to soften the chocolate, then it’s removed and a spatula or knife is run through the batter to “marble” the cookies.
Finally, the whole thing is returned to the oven to continue baking until done. This trick is really simpler than it reads and just about as quick.
To serve, the cookies are cut into 2-inch squares. That’s for busy days. When you have more time, you can bake regular Toll House Cookies. These, incidentally, are said to be the only all-American cookie… and is the most popular, most often-baked cookie in the United States today.
Toll House Marble Squares bar cookies
Yield: 24 cookie bars
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Additional Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 1 cupplus 2 tbsp. sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup soft butter
- 6 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 6 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/4 tsp. water
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup coarsely-chopped Diamond walnuts
- 1 (6 oz.) pkg. (1 cup) Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate morsels
Instructions
- Beat till creamy butter, sugars, vanilla and water. Beat in egg.
- Sift and mix in flour, baking soda, salt. Add walnuts.
- Spread in greased 13x9x2 inch pan. Sprinkle chocolate morsels over topof dough.
- Bake at 375 degrees for one minute.
- Remove fromoven. Run knife through dough to marbleize.
- Return to oven; continueto bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes more.
- Cool. Cut in 2-inch squares.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 99Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 109mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 0gSugar: 7gProtein: 1g
Click Americana offers approximate nutrition information as a general reference only, and we make no warranties regarding its accuracy. Please make any necessary calculations based on the actual ingredients used in your recipe, and consult with a qualified healthcare professional if you have dietary concerns.
Makes 2 dozen Toll House Marble Squaresbar cookies
Variation – Oatmeal marble squares: Reduce flour to 3/4 cup and add 1 cup rolled oats.
Vintage Toll House Marble Squares recipe card (1962)
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- Categories: 1960s, Vintage advertisem*nts, Vintage dessert recipes,
- Tags: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, chocolate chips, cookie recipes, cookies, recipes, toll house, Vintage chocolate, vintage dessert recipes, walnuts
- Original publication date: October 1962
- Added or last updatedNovember 6, 2019
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