As young teenagers back in the late 40's my sister and I started baking on our own and we usually made Toll House Cookies using the recipe from the bag of Nestle chips. I don't ever remember an instruction to dissolve the baking soda in water but I do remember a recipe amount of 'a few drops of warm water' and I always wondered why it was such a small amount and if it was really important. I also think the recipe called for both butter (or margarine?) and shortening in equal amounts. We didn't always add nuts. My mother had a dietary problem and nuts were not allowed so if we put them in the cookies she would carefully pick them out. I just looked and in a recipe box found an empty Nestle bag. I don't know how old it is but the recipe does call for 1/2 tsp. water.

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