Timeline

How chocolate chip cookie recipes have evolved over time. 15 recipes with known publication dates, 1938-2020.

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Recipes by Year

1938
Original Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ruth Wakefield · Nestlé / Toll House Inn

16.0%room temp butter
1975
Joy of Cooking Chocolate Chip Cookies

Irma S. Rombauer / Marion Rombauer Becker / Ethan Becker · Joy of Cooking

12.6%room temp butter
1980
Tate's Bake Shop-Style Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kathleen King · Tate's Bake Shop

19.6%melted butter
1995
Levain Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Cookies

Levain Bakery (adapted) · Levain Bakery / Various Copycat Recipes

16.5%cold butter
2000
The Chewy

Alton Brown · Good Eats / Food Network

17.4%melted butter
2000
The Puffy

Alton Brown · Good Eats / Food Network

15.5%room temp butter
2000
The Thin

Alton Brown · Good Eats / Food Network

17.9%melted butter
200816.3%room temp butter
2009
Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies

David Leite / Jacques Torres · The New York Times

16.3%room temp butter
2009
Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

America's Test Kitchen · America's Test Kitchen / Cook's Illustrated

17.9%browned butter
2011
Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies

Christina Tosi · Milk Bar / Momofuku Milk Bar Cookbook

22.6%room temp butter
2013
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

J. Kenji López-Alt · Serious Eats

20.5%browned butter
2014
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cook's Illustrated · Cook's Illustrated

19.9%browned butter
2018
Pan-Banging Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sarah Kieffer · The Vanilla Bean Baking Book / The New York Times

21.0%room temp butter
2020
DoubleTree by Hilton Signature Cookie

DoubleTree by Hilton · DoubleTree by Hilton

15.1%room temp butter