The Neiman Marcus Cookie Food

THE $250 NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line three baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Blend the oats in a food processor or blender to a fine powder. In a medium bowl, whisk together the blended oats with the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract. Reduce the mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, beating just until incorporated. With a rubber spatula, fold in the chocolate chips, grated chocolate and walnuts.
• Roll the dough into 2-ounce balls (or about 2 heaping tablespoonfuls worth) and place about 2 inches apart on the baking sheets. Bake one sheet at a time until the edges are set but the center still looks undone, about 10 minutes. Cool the cookies completely on the baking sheets. The cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days (they can also be frozen for up to 2 months).

NEIMAN MARCUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and espresso powder; stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet. Cookies should be 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart. You should have 12 to 15 large cookies.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. For crispier cookies, bake 2 minutes longer. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

THE $250 COOKIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cream together butter and both sugars. Stir in eggs and vanilla.
• Finely grind oatmeal in a blender or food processor. Combine the oatmeal, flour, salt, baking powder and soda in a medium bowl, and slowly add it to the wet ingredients. Beat just until combined. Grate chocolate bar using a microplane grater and add it, along with chocolate chips and nuts to the batter. Mix just to combine.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes.

THE NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIE

Steps:

• 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.

NEIMAN MARCUS' OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Place the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a work bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture is fluffy.
• Turn the speed to low and add the egg and almond extract, beat until well combined.
• In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; add it to the butter mixture and beat until mixed.
• Add the oatmeal and raisins and mix .
• Grease a cookie sheet, or use a non-stick spray.
• With a 2 tablespoon measure, drop the cookie dough onto the cookie sheet in dollops about 3 inches apart.
• Gently press down on the dough with the back of a spoon to spread out into 2-inch circles.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until cookies are browned around the edges.

NEIMAN MARCUS' ORANGE MARMALADE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300F; and generously butter a cookie sheet.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl and set aside.
• In a work bowl, add the butter and beat on low speed; add the sugar and continue beating for about 2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and mix well, add the reserved dry ingredients and the marmalade and mix thoroughly.
• Drop dough in 2 tablespoon amounts onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until the cookies are light brown.
• While the cookies are baking, prepare the icing.
• Combine the orange and lemon zests and juices in a bowl, set aside.
• In a separate bowl, beat the butter on low speed, add 1 cup of confectioners (icing) sugar and blend throughly.
• Add the remaining confectioners sugar, the salt, and the citrus mixture and blend until smooth.
• Remove the cookies from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool,.
• Ice the cooled cookies with a butter knife.

NEIMAN MARCUS' CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 F, grease a large cookie sheet.
• Cream butter with brown and granulated sugars, with an electric mixer, until fluffy.
• Add eggs and almond extract and beat on low speed until well combined.
• Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into a mixing bowl, on low speed beat it into the butter mixture, stopping the mixer once to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Stir in almonds, craisins, and white-chocolate chips.
• Drop by large tablespoonfuls onto a prepared cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
• Flatten slightly, bake for 20 minutes until golden.
• cool on wire racks.

NEIMAN-MARCUS $250 CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• 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, grated Hershey Bar and nuts.
• Roll into 1 inch balls and place 2-inches apart on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 375° or until golden.

NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degree F.
• Add the oatmeal to a blender and blend into a course flour or powder.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, blended oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars, on medium-high speed, until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until well blended, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed.
• Add flour mixture; mix just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips, grated chocolate, and nuts. (Optional: cover dough and chill 30 minutes - add a minute or two to the cook time if using chilled dough.)
• Roll into balls and place two inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring cookies to racks to cool completely.