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Article: Who Invented Chocolate Chip Cookies.

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September 18, 2006
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Ruth Graves Wakefield graduated in 1924. She worked as a dietitian and lectured on food, until Ruth and her husband bought a tourist lodge named the Toll House Inn.

Ruth prepared the recipes for the meals served to the guests at the Inn and she soon became famous for her lovely deserts.

One of her favorite recipes was "Butter Drop Do cookies". In this recipe she used baker's chocolate. One day Ruth found herself without this important ingredient. So she used a semi-sweet chocolate bar cut up into small pieces. But unlike the baker's ...

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