My daughter & I had just finished a salad at the 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 day later, I received my Visa Statement from Neiman Marcus and it was $285.00.I looked again and had 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, and that clearly does not mean that it was 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 status which govern fraud in Texas, I threatened to refer them to the Better Business Bureau and the States Attorney General for engaging in fraud. I was basically told "Do what you want we don't give a crap, and we are not refunding your money.

Well I waited, thinking of how I could get even, or even try to get any of my money back. I just said "Okay, you folk have my $250.00 and now I an 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 (and beyond) with an e-mail account has a $250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus... for free. She replied "I wish you would not do this".

I said "You should have thought of that before you ripped me off" and then I slammed the phone on her.

So here it is!!! Please Please Please PASS IT ON TO EVERYONE YOU CAN POSSIBLY THINK OF. I paid $250.00 for this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus to "EVER" get another penny off this Recipe.

      (Recipe may be halved)

       2  cups butter
       4  cups flour
       2  tsp. soda
       2  cups sugar
      *5  cups of blended oatmeal
       24 0z. 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 of chopped nuts (your choice)

      *Measure oatmeal and blend to a fine powder.
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      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 cookie
      sheet.

      Bake 10 min at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.

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