Neiman Marcus Recipes

NEIMAN MARCUS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13 cake pan with non-stick spray or line it with foil.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix cake mix, melted butter, and eggs with a sturdy spoon until well blended. (It will be thick like a cookie dough.)
• Use your fingers or a bench scraper to press dough into the prepared pan.
• Make cream cheese topping: In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and two cups of powdered sugar on low speed until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla and beat on low speed until blended. Add remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and beat until blended. Pour over cake bottom and spread to the edges of the pan.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until topping is set and golden brown and it's pulling away from the sides of the pan. Cool completely in the pan.
• To serve, cut into squares and sprinkle top with additional powdered sugar if desired.

NEIMAN MARCUS BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (325°F if using a dark pan). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan or line with parchment paper.
• Using an electric mixer, combine the cake mix, 2 eggs, and melted butter. The batter will be thick. Spread into the bottom of the greased pan with a rubber spatula.
• Reuse the bowl (no need to clean) to combine the cream cheese, 2 eggs, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Pour over the top of the cake batter.
• Bake for 35 minutes. Allow to cool completely and then slice and serve.

POPOVERS FROM NEIMAN MARCUS

Steps:

• Place milk in bowl and microwave on high for two minutes, or warm to touch. Sift flour, salt and baking powder in a large mixing bowl. Crack eggs in another large bowl with an electric mixer and whisk for on medium for about 3 minutes, until foamy. Turn down mixer speed to low and add warm milk. Gradually add flour mixture and beat for about 2 minutes. Let batter rest at room temperature for about 1 hour. Preheat oven to 450. Spray popover pan generously with nonstick spray. (or place 1 T of pan dripping or butter in pan, then heat till piping hot.) Fill popover cups almost to the top with batter and place popover pan on cookie sheet. Transfer to oven and bake for 15 minutes. Turn oven down to 375 and bake for 30 to 35 minutes longer, until popovers are deep golden brown. Remove from oven and pop out popovers on a cool rack. Serve hot with the Strawberry Butter: To make butter, place in bowl and beat until smooth, add preserves and beat until fluffy. Enjoy

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.

NEIMAN MARCUS SOUP

Steps:

• In saucepan, cook onion in butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally until soft.
• Add chilies and tomatoes. Cook 10 min or so until liquid is evaporated.
• Stir in cream cheese. Maintain mod heat until cheese is melted.
• Stir in chicken broth, half and half, lemon juice, cayenne and salt. Heat soup until it is hot, but do not let it boil.
• Serve with mont jack and tortilla strips.

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.