When doing a recent shoot for the Hornman Project, we stayed with some lovely people who have one of the most beautiful, homey kitchens I’ve ever seen. And they love to bake and love chocolate. So I decided to send them this recipe as a thank-you gift with some chocolate to get them started. I thought that while I was at it, I’d share with all of you too. If you bake them, let me know how they turn out… or send some!
Infamous Nieman Marcus Cookie Recipe
I was given this recipe as a copy of a copy of a copy that an old friend’s mom supposedly got clandestinely from a sales person at Nieman Marcus. I later heard that it was an old urban myth that someone unknowlingly paid $250 (they thought it was $2.50!) for the recipe and then decided to pass it on out of spite. I finally got around to making the recipe last year and now have no doubt that these are some of the best cookies you will ever eat, myth or not. You can halve the recipe but why? Save some dough in the freezer for last minute bake sales.
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
4 cups flour
5 cups blended oatmeal – measure then blend in a blender until it becomes powder
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
24 oz chocolate chips
18 oz chocolate bar grated
- Cream butter and sugars.
- Add eggs and vanilla.
- Mix flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda in separate bowl.
- Mix wet and dry ingredients just until combined.
- Gently add chocolate chips and grated chocolate.
- Roll into about 1.5” balls and place on cookie sheet 2 inches apart. They will spread out!
- Bake for 10 minutes at 375°. Makes about 9 dozen cookies! Freeze some of the dough for later with excellent results.
