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A handwritten index card for Toll House Cookies, in blue cursive on a lined card.
A real card in a real box. The photograph is what is kept; the typed words are only a way to find it again.

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Toll House Cookies

  • 1 C. butter or oleo.
  • 3/4 C. brown sugar
  • 3/4 C. sugar.
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp. hot water
  • 2 1/4 C. unsifted flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 C. chopped nuts
  • 2 pkgs. choc. chips (6oz)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla.
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