A Drizzly Day and Toll House Cookies..

A drizzly day here at the Blue House.. which the veggies 

and the shrubs are loving..

Work continues in the back lawn… despite the weather. 

Today MrD spent most of the day rototilling the hard soil.. 

accompanied by his faithful side kick

The baby birds are almost fully grown... 

and ever so pretty.

They are so gentle and trusting...

Im guessing they wont stay much longer..

Its also World Baking Day and my dear hubby requested Chocolate Chip Cookies.. so here's a recipe from  my 1940s Recipe Collection. After working so hard its the least I can do

Toll House Cookies

This is the classic Toll House Cookie recipe and was invented before chocolate chips were available, so it uses a cut chocolate bar instead. But honestly modern day chocolate chips work just as well. The cookies are not too sweet and turned out well.. even though I used tablespoon of mixture instead of a teaspoon. I also halved the amount of water in the recipe.

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter or other shortening
1 egg
1-1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
7 ounce bar semi-sweet chocolate
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

• Cut each small square of semisweet chocolate into four pieces.
• Cream butter or other shortening
• Add sugars and beaten egg.
• Flavor with the vanilla
• Dissolve soda in the hot water and mix alternately with the flour sifted with the salt.
• Lastly, add the chopped nuts and the pieces of semisweet chocolate.
• Drop by half teaspoons on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes in a 375 (F) degree Fahrenheit oven.

Love and Hugs

Phoebe x