A friend of a friend of a friend had lunch at Neiman Marcus in Dallas last 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 it to her account.

In December, when she received her bill, there was a charge of $250.00. She called Neiman's and told them it was a mistake - that the charge should be $2.50. She was told that there was NO mistake, that the charge for the recipe was correct. They told her that it was not a returnable item and she would have to pay the amount charged to her account or be delinquent. The bottom line is she paid. She vowed to get back at Neiman's and wants to give the recipe out to everyone she possible can. She asks everyone who gets a copy to send it to everyone they know. So here it is: 2 c. granulated sugar 2 c. brown sugar 4 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla 4 c. flour 5 c. blended oatmeal (measure & process in blender to a fine powder) 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. baking soda 24 oz. chocolate chips (2 lg. bags) 1 (8 oz.) Hershey bar, grated (1/2 lb. size) 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" apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 6 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies. Very good cookies.