Thursday, June 5, 2008

Not true... but still yummy!


NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
24 oz. Chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. Soda
1 tsp. Salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
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.
I got this email yesterday and thought I would make them to see if they were good... and THEY ARE! YUMM-O! Even if this is a hoax and not even true the recipe is really good. I used a mix of dark and regular Hershey bar.
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Let's let them have it! THIS IS A TRUE STORY! (not true... by the way... see link!)

My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus

Cafe In Dallas, and we 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 resp onded, ' Only two fifty - it's a Great deal!' I agreed to that,

And told her to just add it to my tab.

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the Ne iman-
Marcus Charge 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 Department and told them the waitress said it was
'two fifty', which clearly does not mean 'two hundred �and fifty

dollars' by any reasonable 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 the Accounting
Department lady the criminal statutes which govern fraud in the S Tate
Of Texas I threat need to report them to the Better Business Bureau
And the Texas Attorney General's office for engaging in fraud. �I was

Basically tol d, 'Do what you want. �Don't bother thinking of how you
Can get even, and don't bother trying to get any of your money Back.'
I just said, Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have

$250 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
Cookie recipe From Neiman-Marcus...for free. She replied, 'I wish you

Wouldn't do this.' I said, 'Well, perhaps you should have thought of
That before you ripped me off!' and slammed down the phone.

So here it is!

Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of.

I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make
Another penny off of this recipe!

1 comment:

Valerie said...

Silly story, yes, but I have been using this recipe for years with my own little touches. Love it. I make the whole batch and freeze most of it for later. Great fun to make with kids.