A friend of a friend had lunch at the Hedges at Neiman Marcus in November and for dessert she had a cookie. She thought it was the most wonderful cookie she had ever tasted and asked if the recipe was available. She was told that it was but there was a charge of two fifty. She said that was fine, got the recipe and told them to charge her account.

In December when she got her bill, there was a charge of $250.00. She called and told them there was a mistake that the charge was $2.50. She was told there no mistake, that the charge was correct. They told her it was not a returnable item and she would have to pay the amount charged to her account or become delinquent in payments.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS, SHE PAID!! She wants to get the recipe out to everyone she possibly can, and asks that everyonee who gets a copy send it to everyon they know. SO HERE IT IS.

2 c. butter
2 c. sugar
2 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
4 c. flour
5 c. blended oatmeal (measure and blend in a blender to a fine powder)
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
4 oz. chocolate chips
1 (8 oz.) Hershey bar, grated
3 c. chopped nuts

Cream butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add chips, candy and nuts. Roll into balls and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 6 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies, but recipe can be halved.