My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas and 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 with approval, just add it to my tab I told her. 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 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, it doesn't matter, 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 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, 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 possible think of.

I paid $250 for this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus to *ever* get another
penny off of this recipe....

NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES (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
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. Have fun!!!