Nieman Marcus Cookie Recipe
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal ***
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
* Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
* Cream the butter and both sugars.
* Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt,
baking
powder, and soda.
* Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts.
* Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
* Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
Makes 112 cookies.
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> >
> >
> > >
> > > Subject: designer cookies
> > >
> > > I heard from someone I know who made these that they are
delicious!
> > Mmmmmm,
> > > Cookies!.....
> > >
> > > THIS IS A TRUE STORY:
> > >
> > > My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus
Cafe in
> > Dallas
> > > and decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such
>cookie
> > > lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus cookie."
It was so
> > excellent
> > > that I asked if they would give me the recipe and the waitress
said
>with
> > a
> > > small frown, "I'm afraid not but, you can buy the
> > > recipe."
> > >
> > > Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty,
it's a
>great
> > > deal!"
> > >
> > > I agreed with approval, just add it to my tab I told her. Thirty
days
> > later,
> > > I received my VISA statement and it was $285.00. I looked again
and I
> > > remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00
for
>a
> > > scarf. As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said,
"Cookie
> > Recipe -
> > > $250.00". That was outrageous! I called Neiman's Accounting
Dept. and
> > told
> > > them the waitress said it was "two-fifty," which
clearly does not mean
> > "two
> > > hundred and fifty dollars" by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation
of the
> > phrase.
> > >
> > > Neiman-Marcus refused to budge. They would not refund my
money,
>because
> > > according to them, "What the waitress told you is not our
problem.
>You
> > have
> > > already seen the recipe. We absolutely will not refund your money
at
> > this
> > > point." I explained to her the criminal statutes
which govern fraud
>in
> > > Texas. I threatened to refer them to the Better
Business Bureau and
> > the
> > > State Attorney General Office for engaging in fraud. I was
basically
> > told,
> > > "Do what you want, it doesn't matter, we're not refunding
your money."
> > >
> > > I waited, thinking of how I could get even, or even try and get
any of
> > my
> > > money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and
now I'm
>going
> > to
> > > have $250.00 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to
see to it
> > that
> > > every Cookie lover in the United States with an e-mail account
has a
> > $250.00
> > > cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus...for free. She replied, "I
wish you
> > > wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, you should have
thought of that
>before
> > you
> > > ripped me off," and slammed down the phone on her.
> > >
> > > So here it is!!! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone
you can
> > > possibly think of. I paid $250 for this.....I don't want
> > > Neiman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this
recipe.......
> > >
> > > NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)
> > >
> > > 2 cups butter
> > > 4 cups flour
> > > 2 tsp. soda
> > > 2 cups sugar
> > > 5 cups blended oatmeal ***
> > > 24 oz. chocolate chips
> > > 2 cups brown sugar
> > > 1 tsp. salt
> > > 1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
> > > 4 eggs
> > > 2 tsp. baking powder
> > > 2 tsp. vanilla
> > > 3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
> > >
> > > * Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
> > > * Cream the butter and both sugars.
> > > * Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt,
baking
> > > powder, and soda.
> > > * Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts.
> > > * Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
> > > * Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
> > >
> > > Makes 112 cookies.
> > >
> > > PLEASE READ IT AND SEND TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
E-MAIL
> > ADDRESS,
> > > THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC.
> > >
> > > Have fun!!!
> > > This is not a joke-this is a true story.