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".
(EDITORIAL COMMENT: Neiman's is a VERY EXPENSIVE department store).
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 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'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. 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 her the criminal statutes that 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 make sure 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!!!  Please, please, please pass it on to everyone
you can possibly think of. I paid $250 dollars for this... I don't
want Neiman-Marcus to ever get another penny off of this recipe....

(Recipe may be halved):

2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. Baking 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
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.
Enjoy cooking the most expensive cookie in the world - FREE!