Delightful Cookies A La Mrs Fields Neiman Marcus Omac Recipes

DELIGHTFUL COOKIES A LA MRS. FIELDS & NEIMAN MARCUS OMAC

Steps:

• In a food processor. A)-GRATE: 8 oz Hershey chocolate bar & set aside in separate dish. B)-Measure 5 cups (Old Fashioned) Oatmeal. Put small amounts of the oatmeal into a food processor until it turns to powder/flour (Add oatmeal flour to 4 cups white flour in step 2 below).
• Combine: In a VERY large bowl (I use a 13 quart mixing bowl.) 4 cups white flour (with above Oatmeal flour included), 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, & 2 teaspoons baking soda.
• CREAM together 2 cups (1 lb.) butter (Softened & whipped before adding sugars), 2 cups (1 lb.) dark brown sugar, 2 cups granulated white sugar.
• To the creamed mix add: 4 large eggs (ONE at a time), and 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract. Mix together well.
• To the DRY ingredients (flour/oatmeal mixture in a VERY large bowl), ADD the CREAMED mixture. Stir together (with a VERY STRONG, very large spoon - wooden?) all ingredients. Mix well with the SPOON. (Do NOT use a mixer. This recipe has burned out 2 mixers). ***THE MIXTURE WILL BE VERY DRY!***.
• Stir in, 8 oz (grated) Hershey chocolate bar, 24 oz bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips, 3 cups chopped nuts (any kind) OPTIONAL additions 24 oz (3 cups) raisins, craisins, dried cherries etc. Use your imagination! ; ).
• Form (one inch/two tablespoons) ping pong-ball sized cookies. I use a cookie-scoop (like an ice cream scoop) dipped in cold water before each use. (Wal-Mart sells cookie scoops in 2008). The raw dough balls freeze very well. I FLASH freeze them on a cutting board before freezer-bagging them together. KEEP SOME IN THE FREEZER FOR FRESH, HOMEMADE COOKIES ANYTIME!
• Cook on an UNgreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees: Soft cookies = 6 to 10 minutes.Crispy cookies = 10 to 14 minutes. (Mine are 12 minutes).
• COOL cookies on the cookie sheet (until the next batch comes out of the oven) because they are too soft to remove right away. (4 cookie sheets = 1 baking, 1 cooling, 1 prepped, 1 cleaned & drying.). Cookies CRISP as they cool.
• ENJOY!

NEIMAN MARCUS POPOVERS

Steps:

• Place milk in bowl
• Sift flour, salt and baking powder together into large mixing bowl.
• Beat eggs until foamy and pale in color; add warm milk.
• Gradually add flour mixture and beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes.
• Let batter rest for 1 hour at room temperature (this is an important step).
• Preheat oven to 450F and spray popover or muffin pans with cooking spray (Pam).
• Fill popover cups almost to the top with batter and place popover tin on cookie sheet.
• Transfer to oven and bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce temperature to 375F and bake for 30 to 35 minutes longer, until popovers are deep golden brown outside and airy inside.
• Turn out popovers and serve hot with strawberry butter.

NEIMAN MARCUS SNICKERDOODLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease one 13 x 9 inch pan.
• In bowl, combine cake mix, 2 eggs, melted butter and 2 tablespoons cinnamon. Spread in bottom of pan.
• In a second bowl, beat with electric mixer the powdered sugar, remaining eggs, cream cheese and remaining cinnamon until smooth. Spread on top of crust mixture.
• Bake 35-40 minutes until edges are brown and center set (it will still be slightly wobbly in the middle). Cool on counter 30 minutes, then refrigerate covered minimum 2 hours and up to 2 days.