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Grandma Geiger's Chocolate Chip Recipes

My daughter called me today.  Once again, it was for a recipe and one I had not included in their cookbooks.  That always happens!  So as I was typing out the recipe to send to her smart phone, I thought, "what the heck?"  Why have I not put this recipe on the blog.   So, here it is....

Its an heirloom.  She kept a cookie jar full of these at all times, for whenever any of her grandchildren came over.   It was collected by my cousin Todd years ago, when they sat grandma down and picked her brain for all of her recipes.   Ill post her bread recipe next week.  You'll enjoy it, with the handful of this and a spoonful of that....heirloom it is!  This one she wrote down and the original is now mounted and framed and on my cousin's wall.   Pretty special.  Its a tad different from your traditional tollhouse recipe, but it is oh so good.


Grandma Geiger's Chocolate Chip Cookies


¾ c white sugar
¾ c firmly packed brown sugar
½ t salt
2 sticks margarine
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 t soda
2 t vanilla
1- 6 oz bag of chocolate chips
2-1/2 c flour

Cream sugar, salt and margarine.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Add flour and soda.  Mix thoroughly.  Add chocolate chips.  Mix. 


Drop by spoons full on cookie sheet.  Bake 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.  
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  1. AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 5:32 PM

    does this recipe call for baking soda, or actual soda like coke or pepsi?

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