Modified Neiman Marcus Cookies

Cream in a standing mixer 3 minutes with wisps:
2 cups soft butter (room temperature)
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
1/8 cup peanut butter


Add 4 beaten eggs and cream for
another minute.
Add:
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
Cream for another 30 seconds and change to
dough hooks.


Add:
5 cups blended oatmeal. (This turns out to be 3 and 1/2 cups once you've run it through the blender.)
1 cup old fashioned oats (I add the 3 and 1/2 cups of blended oatmeal and then 1 cup old fashioned oats.)
4 cups flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans

1 giant grated Symphony or Hershey's chocolate bar
1 bag chocolate chips


Mix until just blended.

Bake for 375 degrees for 8 minutes.
Let cool for several minutes on the cookie sheet.

Yield: 100 cookies

We all know that this story about the woman being charged $250.00 is an urban legend right? But, what an ingenious way to get your recipe spread around the world. I even saw a South African version. Gives new meaning to the term, "smart cookies!" After years of being truly unhappy with these dry cookies, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I've come up with modified version that is much moister and I think better all around. These are the cookies to make when you have a sick neighbor, a bake sale and a dessert needed for school, as they make so many.

I recently added a handful of Heath chips to jazz it up even more.  It turned out just a bit dry, so if you do go with these try 5 eggs for moisture.