This has nothing to do with work, by the way; I'm back to talking about food. I love to bake and it's a good thing I don't do it that often for health and financial reasons. ($-it cost $50 for 3/4's of the ingredients needed to make a tiny batch of vegan caramel slices!) I love (good) cookies.

Here is the recipe for the infamous Neiman Marcus cookie. I thought at first the person was misquoting the ingredients because I didn't see "big huge Hershey bar that you will spend an hour grating by hand..." but then I remembered that was infamous Miss Field's cookie.

Ingredients



# 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

# 1 cup light brown sugar

# 3 tablespoons granulated sugar

# 1 large egg

# 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

# 1-3/4 cups all purpose flour

# 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

# 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

# 1/2 teaspoon salt

# 1-1/2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee powder

# 1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips



Directions



1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cream the butter with the sugars using an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy (approximately 30 seconds)



2. Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract for another 30 seconds.



3. In a mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and beat into the butter mixture at low speed for about 15 seconds. Stir in the espresso coffee powder and chocolate chips.



4. Using a 1 ounce scoop or a 2 tablespoon measure, drop cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. Gently press down on the dough with the back of a spoon to spread out into a 2 inch circle. Bake for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned around the edges. Bake a little longer for a crispier cookie.



Yield: 2 dozen cookies