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- (1999 Specimen of Neiman's
response to the legend)
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- From: Cookie_Cookie@neimanmarcus.com
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[SMTP:Cookie_Cookie@neimanmarcus.com]
- Sent: Monday, December 06,
1999 2:00 PM
- To: MPinney@thefolklorist.com
- Subject: Re: $250 recipe
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- You recently sent a query to
Neiman Marcus Customer Service asking about the Neiman Marcus cookie recipe. For several
years we have heard the story about the "mythical Neiman Marcus cookie recipe."
We don’t know how it got started or who is perpetuating the myth, but this
"cookie monster" just won’t die! We would never charge anyone for a Neiman
Marcus recipe. We share our restaurant recipes for free upon request.
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- Some of the stories tell about
using a VISA card to pay for the mythical cookie recipe, but this is quite impossible. We
accept only the Neiman Marcus card and American Express.
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- This same story circulated in
the late 1930's about a lady who dined at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. She liked
the Red Velvet Cake so much she asked for the recipe. When she received her hotel bill she
had been charged $100 for the recipe. (This was during the Depression, so it seems our
version of the story has been adjusted for inflation!)
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- Neiman Marcus never served
cookies in our restaurants until recently, when we developed a new chocolate chip cookie
in response to this myth. The recipe is below. Please feel free to share this letter and
the recipe with anyone you know who may be similarly interested in the truth behind this
"cookie that won’t crumble"!
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- Thanks!
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- NEIMAN MARCUS CHOCOLATE CHIP
COOKIE
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- 1/2 cup unsalted butter,
softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons instant
espresso powder, slightly crushed
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
chips
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- Cream the butter with the
sugars until fluffy. Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract. Combine the dry ingredients
and beat into the butter mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by large spoonfuls
onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or 10-12 minutes for a
crisper cookie.
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- Makes 15 large cookies.
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- The Folklorist
<thefolklorist@yahoo.com> on 11/22/99 10:00:07 PM
- Please respond to MPinney@thefolklorist.com
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- To: Cookie
Cookie/Neiman_Marcus
- cc:
- Subject: $250 recipe
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