Neiman Marcus Cookies

I will post the recipe and then the supposed true story that goes with it plus comments of my own hahaha.

-I also put this on the off topic board for fun-

(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. 

 Subject: Cookie Recipe by Neiman Marcus!

A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already,is a very expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical 8.00 T-shirt for $50.00. Let's let them have it!  THIS IS A TRUE STORY  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 bill.  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 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 hung up 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!

PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!! I interpreted the asking price as $250.00. Yes, some of us know how to interpret the surrounding atmosphere. Honestly, What was your call?

 Sincerly, Micheal -The disgrunteled Neiman-Marcus customer. 

Well basically I feel this person got just what they desereved signing a credit card receipt without even looking at the total so that is within their own stupidity level.  But you can't ever have enough cookie recipies if in fact this is a true story who knows with e-mails these days, but the recipe sounds good so I will pass it on for that reason and that reason only.  ~Beth