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Next time you're at Neiman Marcus in Friendship Heights, DC, tell them, "You
don't know from cookies!  I could make these at home!!"

Forwarded Message:

Date: 6/8/94 12:18 PM
From: David Berrie
Subject:  Cookies anyone?
>From the Internet, for your reading and eating pleasure...

My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas &
decided to have a small dessert.  Because our family 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 they said with a small
frown, "I'm afraid not."  Well, I said, would you let me buy the recipe?
With a cute smile, she said, "Yes".  I asked how much, and she responded,
"Two fifty."  I said with approval, just add it to my tab.

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Neiman-Marcus 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."  Boy, I was upset!!  I
called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was
"two fifty," and I did not realize she meant $250.00 for a cookie recipe.
I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill and they said they
were sorry, but because all the recipes were this expensive so not just
everyone could duplicate any of our bakery recipes....the bill would stand.
 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 $250.00 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 will have a $250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus for
nothing.  She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this."  I said, "I'm sorry
but this is the only way I feel I could get even," and I will.

So, here it is, and please pass it to someone else or run a few copies....I
paid for it; now you can have it for free.
(Recipe may be halved.):

2 cups butter                         4 cups flower
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               3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

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.

** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.

Have fun!!!!  This is not a joke---this is a true story..

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