Carolyn made the cookies today, bit of a process for a bloke, but the boys love em.

Left the back ones in for to long 20 mins @ 170 oC fan forced.
The front ones were 15 mins @ 170 oC fan forced.

Guess what the boys luv em.

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Your such a neat cook Michael.  I will never forget your scones. My cookies were a bit irregular in size  :D

Is that homemade sauerkraut in the background?  If so, could you please share that recipe in the pickles etc section.

They are a bit of trouble and I only make them for something special and where I wont end up eating the lot!!!!  

I put them on the 2nd & 4th rungs of the oven and at 170 not with the fan force option on.  If I am not doing 10 things at once which I am usually doing when I make them I try to swap the position over at about half way through.

My preference is for crunchy so I lean towards not getting them too brown but after cooling on tin I put them on the cake cooling  trivet until they are all cooked and then I turn OFF the oven and open the door to let out some of the heat and put them all back in the oven close the door and leave them there to dry out and crunch more.

These freeze well but because of the high fat/sugar content they are edible straight from the freezer and this is not a deterrent to the chocoholics.

I happened to find this recipe from the company named in the myth that I got with the recipe but I doubt it would be nearly as good.  I think the oats and extra chocolate grated into the recipe makes them so nice.



FROM MARCUS NEIMAN'S WEB SITE

An urban myth is a modern folk tale, its origins unknown, its believability enhanced simply by the frequency with which it is repeated. Our signature chocolate chip cookie is the subject of one such myth. If you haven't heard the story, we won't perpetuate it here. If you have, the recipe below should serve to refute it. Copy it, print it out, pass it along to friends and family. It's a terrific recipe. And it's absolutely free.


Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee powder
1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips



Directions

1.      Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cream the butter with the sugars using an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy (approximately 30 seconds)
     
2.      Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract for another 30 seconds.
     
3.      In a mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and beat into the butter mixture at low speed for about 15 seconds. Stir in the espresso coffee powder and chocolate chips.
     
4.      Using a 1 ounce scoop or a 2 tablespoon measure, drop cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. Gently press down on the dough with the back of a spoon to spread out into a 2 inch circle. Bake for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned around the edges. Bake a little longer for a crispier cookie.
     
Yield:        2 dozen cookies

Carolyn, the Sauerkraut I have posted previously (To appease all sensitivities lets call it "Salt Cabbage"), But I am using less salt lately, will update previous post.

Thanks for the cookies.

Carolyn™ wrote on Jul 13^th, 2009 at 6:23am:

FROM MARCUS NEIMAN'S WEB SITE

Yes, that chain email went all over the World a couple of years ago.
I believe the recipe was secret until then!

KD

More than a couple KD.  My own recipe came from my youngest 20 years ago doing an American Student Exchange holiday.  As the group left one of the mothers came on board with a tin full of the cookies and the recipe and it was added to their book of stories of the trip.  Its just so good I have made it when I need a big batch ever since.   They do freeze well but can be eaten straight from the freezer with their high fat and sugar content.
:D  :D





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Here is a "true story" almost everyone has heard by now, generically known as "The $250 Cookie Recipe" and most recently associated with the Neiman Marcus company, though during the 1980s it was the bane of cookie diva Mrs. Fields. If you hadn't figured it out already, it is not really true, by the way. It's a classic urban legend — a variant of a popular tale traced by folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand as far back as 1948, when the ridiculously expensive recipe yielded a red velvet fudge cake attributed to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (asking price for that recipe: $25). The current adjusted-for-inflation version (reproduced above) is still making the email rounds and its popularity shows no signs of waning, even though it has been debunked repeatedly over the past two decades. To paraphrase the ancient Klingon proverb, "Revenge is a dish best served warm out of the oven." As to the recipe itself, I haven't tried the cookies, but by most accounts it yields damn good ones (and plenty of them). No one knows whose kitchen it came from, but we do know it wasn't the Neiman Marcus company, whose restaurants didn't even sell chocolate chip cookies back when this legend first began circulating. Neiman Marcus chefs did create a chocolate chip cookie recipe after the fact, however, which the company now distributes free of charge as an antidote, if you will, to this defamatory urban legend. Bon appetit!

Subject: Fwd: Neiman-Marcus Cookie Recipe - For Free

THIS IS NOT A JOKE ::: PLEASE READ AND FORWARD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Café 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 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 was 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 you money at this point."

I explained to her the criminal statues which govern fraud in Texas. I threatened To refer them to the Better Business Bureau and the State Attorney General Office for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what you want, it doesn't matter, 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 $250.00 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 $250.00 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 possibly think of. I paid $250 for this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus to *ever* get another cent for 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.

PLEASE SEND TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW

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The Real MN Chocolate Chip Recipe An urban myth is a modern folk tale, its origins unknown, its believability enhanced simply by the frequency with which it is repeated. Our signature chocolate chip cookie is the subject of one such myth. If you haven't heard the story, we won't perpetuate it here. If you have, the recipe below should serve to refute it. Copy it, print it out, pass it along to friends and family. It's a terrific recipe. And it's absolutely free. Ingredients 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened 1 cup light brown sugar 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1-3/4 cups all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee powder 1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions 1.      Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cream the butter with the sugars using an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy (approximately 30 seconds)       2.      Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract for another 30 seconds.       3.      In a mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and beat into the butter mixture at low speed for about 15 seconds. Stir in the espresso coffee powder and chocolate chips.       4.      Using a 1 ounce scoop or a 2 tablespoon measure, drop cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. Gently press down on the dough with the back of a spoon to spread out into a 2 inch circle. Bake for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned around the edges. Bake a little longer for a crispier cookie.       Yield:        2 dozen cookies Visit our Restaurant section for more recipes along with information on cooking classes, catering and restaurant details.

Michaelb wrote on Jul 12^th, 2009 at 4:33pm:

Carolyn made the cookies today, bit of a process for a bloke, but the boys love em. Left the back ones in for to long 20 mins @ 170 oC fan forced. The front ones were 15 mins @ 170 oC fan forced. Guess what the boys luv em.

Nice lookin biscuits there Michael