I got this through my email and thought, what could I do.....so I'm sharing it with all of you who really LOVE cookies. The story is cute, regardless if it's not true. Enjoy...


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 responded, "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 Neiman-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 state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better Business
Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's office for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "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 as 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!

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

18 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.

PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!! Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets send it to them and ask them to pass it on. Let's make sure we get this ladies $250.00 worth.

ooohhhhh......all I can say, is ooooohhhhhh.....!!!!!!!

Not a true story, but this is a great cookie!! For a great alternative try grating a white chocolate bar and using white chocoilate chips.... pecans and macademias are great in it as well.

I have heard this story before but the version I heard said the cookies were Mrs. Field's. The cookies are great! It makes a ton of cookies but they freeze well.

I didn't think it was true, but I thought I'd share the recipe anyways.....

Thanks for the cookie recipe!

Would this be a good recipe for cut-outs or would it spread too much?

This is an old urban legend destined to clog our inboxes forever....

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa071397.htm

I've gotten it like 10 times... it's NOT true. Although I've heard the cookies are good.

UGH! I hate stupid e-mails like this - but it is a good reminder to always look at your bill!!! And check your credit card statements! I worked for a business that had a subscription-like service. You had to write a letter and sign it to say you no longer wanted the service. You wouldn't believe how many people would call and say they had been charged for 4-5 months and they never wanted the products, or they told someone they wanted to cancel.... LOOK AT YOUR BILL! LOOK AT YOUR CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS! Pay Attention to where your money is going!!!! It isn't anyone else's fault for you not paying attention to things.... and this lady obviously didn't pay attention to her bill at the restaurant b/c before she signed the CC receipt, she should have seen the astronomical amount for the recipe & she could have cancelled it then..

Okay that was a bit of a rant over something this silly but anyway, MHO. I can't believe the Mrs. Fields Co. would sell the cookie recipe for that little anyway....