$250 Cookie

If you've been reading my blog, then you'll know that Dr. Sweetpea is an Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie addict. I already have several OCC cookie recipes on my blog because I'm constantly looking for a new recipe to try. I recently came across this recipe in the NY Times dubbed the $250 cookie. Urban legend has it that when a woman asked for the Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie recipe from Neiman Marcus Cafe, the restaurant charged her $250 for the recipe. Anyway, years later, Neiman Marcus released their cookie recipe to the public for free after enduring the myth. Dr. Sweetpea devoured several of these cookies in one sitting. 

$250 Cookie

(Source: New York Times) 

1 cup butter

1 cup dark brown sugar, packed

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups oatmeal

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

12 ounces chocolate chips

1 (4-ounce) milk chocolate bar

1 1/2 cups chopped nuts

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 (I used a 

2 tablespoon cookie scoop), 2 inches apart, on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes.