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Nieman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies

(Serves Lots) 

Have you heard the story about the Nieman Marcus cookies?  It’s actually a myth, but the story goes something like this:  a woman and her daughter went to lunch at Nieman Marcus and had a cookie for dessert. They liked the cookie so well they wanted the recipe.  Well, it was for sale for 250. The woman, thinking $2.50, said ok only to get her bill and see it was $250.  So, with spite, she had posted the recipe to everyone on her mailing list and said to forward to all your friends.  The recipe is online in several different versions.  I chose the version that I liked best.  There is also the version from Nieman Marcus  website.  So, I made these legendary cookies, and they are delicious.

(Recipe may be halved):

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