Great cookies and fair play

Just received this fab email forward and thought there might be some cookie lovers here. Just remember not to eat them all at once!

This is not a  joke-it's a true story.   Please forward when you finish reading!

A little  background:

Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a  very expensive boutique
shop (they sell a typical $8.00 T-shirt  for $50.00)

My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a  Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas , USA . Because both of us are such  biscuit lovers, we decided to
try the 'Neiman-Marcus cookie'. It  was so excellent that I asked if they
would give me the recipe.  The waitress said with a small frown, 'I'm
afraid not, but you  can buy the recipe.'

I asked how much, and she responded;  'Only two fifty - it's a great
deal'

I agreed to that, and  told her to add it to my bill.

Thirty days later, I got my  Visa statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge
was $285. I looked  at it again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95
for two  sandwiches and about $20 for a scarf. 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 had
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.

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. 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 said, OK,  you've 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 world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe  from
Neiman-Marcus for free. She replied, 'I wish you wouldn't do  that.' 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 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 from this recipe!


NEIMAN-MARCUS  COOKIES (Recipe may be halved as this makes heaps)

2 (500 ml)  cups butter
680 g chocolate chips
4 (1000 ml) cups flour
2  (500 ml) cups brown sugar
2 tsp.. (10 ml) Bicarbonate of  soda
1 tsp. (5 ml) salt
2 (500 ml) cups sugar
500 g Grated  Cadbury chocolate
5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2  tsp. (10 ml) baking powder
2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla
3 cups (375  ml) chopped nuts (optional)

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 bicarbonate of soda. Add chocolate
chips, grated  Chocolate and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches
apart  on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees (180  C).

The above quantities make 112 cookies.  Enjoy!



PLEASE KEEP THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY  PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
E-MAIL ADDRESS!

This is an old urban legend that's been circulating for a while.  (Realistically, if the recipe was a trade secret, there's no way they'd sell it for as little as $250 - if at all.)  I'm told the cookies are tasty though.

[sound of bubble bursting]

I'm gonna make em anyway, cause I really need 112 cookies... :)

Feel like a right prat now!

Eat 112 of those and you'll feel right chuffed.

Original Post by susiecue:

This is an old urban legend that's been circulating for a while.  (Realistically, if the recipe was a trade secret, there's no way they'd sell it for as little as $250 - if at all.)  I'm told the cookies are tasty though.

Old is right, susiecue, and false, as well.  Goes back to 1996.  In fact, if anyone's interested, they can go into Snopes and check it out.  Great recipe, though!

I got that one more than 10 years ago in Australia.  I see its been modified to say "Cadbury" chocolate insted of "Hersheys"

Anyway, whatever the story they are great cookies, the only baking I ever do.  Luv "em

well if anything it is a good story.