Let's make cookies!!!

Here's an email I recently received...another run for my money. Let's try it, and tell me what you think. I know I'm in the mood for some cookies (aren't you, Steven?)

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My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-MarcusCafe 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!" Iagreed to that, and told her to just add it to my tab. Thirty days later, Ireceived 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, CookieRecipe-$250.00".

That was outrageous! I calledNeiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress said it was "twofifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars" by anyreasonable 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 therecipe. We absolutely will not refund our money at this point."

I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes which governfraud in the state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better BusinessBureau and the Texas Attorney General's office for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what you want. Don't bother thinking of howyou 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 tohave $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 cookierecipe from Neiman-Marcus...for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, perhaps you should havethought of that before you ripped me off!" and slammed down the phone. So here it is! Please, please, please pass it on toeveryone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't wantNeiman-Marcus to EVER make another penny off 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 blenderto a fine powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, bakingpowder, 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.

PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW...won't this be fun? Let's make sure we get these ladies $250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they are so good....