Today is the day that I’m starting a new series here at Create & Babble. I’ll be getting out my pretty mixer and cookie sheets and start baking Christmas Cookies. Old family favorites! I haven’t baked cookies since the ones I made for the cookie table at my daughter’s wedding, so it’s time!
Today I’m sharing a recipe for Tollhouse Cupcakes. These were a lunch bag dessert staple at my house when I was growing up.
I remember my mom baking every Saturday morning. EVERY Saturday morning. That was part of her routine. She would bake enough cookies or cupcakes to last through a week of packing lunches for six kids (and my Dad, too!) I have memories of the kitchen table turned into an assembly line of bread, lunch meats, peanut butter, jelly, fruits and often times, these cupcakes! I remember a teacher walking by my table in the cafeteria (I think I was in first grade, so that was close to 50 years ago) stop and ask me what my cupcake was called. I have no idea why I remember that!
That shows you how long this recipe has been a part of my family. I don’t know where my mom got the recipe; maybe in a magazine or the back of the bag of chocolate chips. But I do know that this is the recipe that she used. I called sister #2 to get it! She also sent me a photo of my mom’s recipe box. Boy does that bring back memories:
(update: sister #1 has my mom’s original handwritten recipe card and she sent me a photo of it!)
If you like Tollhouse cookies, then you’re going to love these cupcakes. And if you like your cookies just a little crispy on the edges, and gooey in the center then you will absolutely love these cupcakes!
Here is the recipe my mom used to make Tollhouse cupcakes:
- Cream together 1/2 cup shortening, 6 tablespoons sugar, 6 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- Add: one egg, 1 cup + 2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt
- spoon into cupcake pan (about 1/3 full)
- bake at 375 degrees 10-12 minutes
Now it’s time to make the filling.
- beat 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 1/8 teaspoon salt until thick
- stir in 1 cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- spoon about a tablespoon of the filling over each cupcake and bake for 10-12 more minutes
Have you started baking cookies for Christmas? I’d love to know: what are your family favorites? Do you have any that have been passed down through generations?
Christmas Cookies - Old Family Favorites - Toll House Cupcakes

If you like Tollhouse cookies, then you're going to love these cupcakes. And if you like your cookies just a little crispy on the edges, and gooey in the center then you will absolutely love these cupcakes!
Ingredients
cupcake ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup + 2 T flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
filling ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
For the cupcakes:
- Cream together 1/2 cup shortening, 6 tablespoons sugar, 6 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- Add: one egg, 1 cup + 2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt
- spoon into cupcake pan (about 1/3 full)
- bake at 375 degrees 10-12 minutes
For the filling:
- beat brown sugar, egg, and teaspoon salt until thick
- stir in 1 cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- spoon about a tablespoon of the filling over each cupcake
- bake for 10-12 more minutes
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These look really good! I am always on the hunt for new cookies for my Christmas cookie tray. I love the old recipe box too.
Thanks Maureen!
I would totally frame that sweet, hand-written recipe.
Momma’s old recipe box it similar. So many memories inside it.
What a great recipe card! Oh wow, reminds me of my grandmother’s handwritten recipes. They’re the best! And this is the perfect cookie for the holidays. I’d love for you to share with the Life Created link party! This week’s party is now live
These look DELISH!!! I love your papers. Thanks for the recipe and fun post of walking down Tollhouse Cupcake memory lane.
Thanks Lori!
These cookie cupcakes look so good. I’d take one of those I am going to pin this for future reference. Love the old recipe cards and your Mom’s recipe box. I have one of my grandmothers books that she wrote recipes in. It has the price on the back 15 cents so quess that has been around for a couple of years. Have fun in the kitchen making cookies. I love cookies seem like that is all I blog is cookies. Andi thewednesdaybaker
Hi Andi, that is wonderful that you have your grandmother’s handwitten recipes! 15 cents! Wow, that must be old! Thanks so much for pinning and for stopping by!
My favorite recipes are the old family favorites and these Tollhouse Cupcakes look delicious. Thanks for sharing at the Home for the Holidays link party.
I’m so glad I found your site!! Love this recipe and am pinning away!!! Have a super Holiday Season.
Just a quick question, do these come out in cookie size or more the size of a cupcake? I have the old vintage ECCO pans also, and was wondering if they would work in mini tins too?
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I’m loving how you made those cookies into cupcakes! I haven’t made any tollhouse cookies in too long, and I’m thinking I might just have to go with the cupcake version.
These look AMAZINGGGG
Simply to-die-for
There is something so nostalgic and comforting about baking recipes that have been passed down through generations. I am always looking for new cookie recipes to try, and these Toll House cupcakes sound delicious.
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