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Neiman Marcus cookies

• 150 GRAM CHOCOLATE, chopped
• 200 GRAM SELF RAISING FLOUR
• 100 GRAM SOFT BUTTER
• 100 GRAM BROWN SUGAR
• 1 TSP ESPRESSO COFFEE
• 1 EGG

• 100 GRAM FLOUR
• 100 GRAM ROLLED OATS
• 50 GRAM COCONUT, grated
• 100 GRAM BROWN SUGAR
• 100 GRAM BUTTER
• 2 TBSP HONEY
• 1 TSP BICARBONATE OF SODA

Beat the sugar with the butter and the coffee for a minute; add the egg and beat one minute more. Stir in the flour and the chocolate morsels. Make little heaps on a greased baking tray and bake the cookies 8-109 minutes at 190 degrees Celsius.

The story goes, that a customer of Neiman Marcus (a very expensive shop in New York) bought the recipe for this cookie in the restaurant of this shop, thinking he paid $2.50. He was shocked when he found out that he was charged for $250 afterwards and decided therefore, that for such a price he might as well share the recipe with the whole world. True or not, this page tries to contribute to that target.

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