$250.00 Cookies with story ( Archived) (6)

THESE COOKIES COST $250.00 DOLLORS, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN TO ME!!BUT, THE COOKIES ARE GREAT.



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My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas & 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.
" Well, I said, would you let me buy the recipe?
With a cute smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty, it's a great deal!" 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 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's outrageous!! I called Neiman's Accounting Dept.and told them the waitress said it was "two-fifty,"which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars" by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation of the phrase. Nieman-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 her the criminal statutes which govern fraud in Texas, I threatened to refer them to the Better Business Bureau and the State's Attorney General for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what you want, we don't give a crap, and we're not refunding your money." 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, 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 in the United States with an e-mail account has a $250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus. . . for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, you should have thought of that before you ripped me off, and slammed down the phone on her. So, here it is!!!

(Recipe may be halved.):
2 cups butter........
4 cups flour.........
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...........
** 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>

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The recipie is good, but the story is made up....never happend! Just to let ya know!!

Wow, i did not know that I have tried the cookies and there really good, thank you for the info.

I've heard this type of incident only through Mrs. Fields cookies.

I think I'll half this recipe and maybe try it, except not sure about blending the oatmeal into a powder, we like oats.