Recipe for Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was a little nervous about sharing a trade secret straight from Mrs. Fields’ kitchen.  But I’ve met Mrs. Fields (back in my hotel days),  and I don’t think she’d mind.  Then I did a quick internet search.  Apparently there are a LOT of versions of Mrs. Fields’ cookies out there!  So I’m not going to promise that this is THE Mrs. Fields recipe, but I will promise that it is a GREAT chocolate chip cookie recipe!

Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 c. butter
2 c. white sugar
2 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
4 c. flour
5 c. oatmeal (measure into blender & grind until fine)
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cardamom
24 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
8 oz. Hershey bar (grated)
3 c. coarsely chopped walnuts

Cream the butter and both sugars.  Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cardamom.  Add chocolate chips, grated chocolate, and walnuts.  Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.  Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees F.  Makes 112 cookies.

Unless you’ve got an industrial sized mixer, I suggest cutting this recipe in half.  Use a  food processor to grate the chocolate bar and to chop the nuts.  Instead of rolling into balls, I simply used my large cookie scoop to keep the size more uniform.  I also like to freeze a batch after they’ve been rolled.  Then I can pull out as many as I need and have a fresh plate waiting for guests as they check in to our bed and breakfast!

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