Cookie story and recipe

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Chancie:
 
I had a friend who sent this to me, and I thought it was quite funny.
We aren't exactly how true the story is, but it makes the recipe 
more interesting! 
 
She said she tried the recipe, and it was very good so enjoy!
 
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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 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 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!


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 at 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  $250.00
worth. Enjoy the cookies, they are good....  






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