Nieman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Believe it or not, Nieman Marcus has its famous Neiman Marcus chocolate chip cookie recipe printed on its website. Here it is:

Ingredients

One half of a cup (or one stick) of softened butter
One cup of brown sugar (light brown works best)
Three tablespoons of white sugar (granulated)
One large egg
Two teaspoons of vanilla extract
One and three fourths cups of flour (all purpose)
One half of a teaspoon of baking powder
One half of a teaspoon of baking soda
One half of a teaspoon salt
One and a half teaspoons of espresso coffee powder (instant)
Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips (technically you can add as many chocolate chips as you want, but the Neiman Marcus chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for one and half cups)

Process

First you will want to preheat your oven to three hundred degrees. While it is preheating you will want to cream together the one half of a cup of softened butter, the cup of brown sugar and the three tablespoons of white sugar. This works best if you use an electric mixer with the beaters on a medium speed. Beat the mixture until it is fluffy. This usually takes about thirty seconds or so.

Without stopping the electric mixer, add in the large egg and the two teaspoons of vanilla extract. Let these two ingredients beat together with the butter/sugar cream for thirty seconds.

In a smaller mixing bowl, you will want to mix together the rest of the ingredients except for the chocolate chips. Stir together the one and three fourths cups of flour, half teaspoon of baking powder, the half teaspoon of baking soda, and the half teaspoon of salt.

Slowly add the dry ingredient mixture to the wet ingredients and beat the mixture together for fifteen seconds on a lower speed. When the ingredients have mixed completely together, stir in the chocolate chips and the espresso coffee powder.

Use a one ounce scoop or a measuring spoon the size of two tablespoons to drop your cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. The cookie sheet should be greased and the dough drops should be placed at least three inches apart. Gently press on the cookie dough with the back of your scoop or spoon to spread the dough drops out into circles that are about two inches big.
Bake the spread out dough drops for twenty minutes or until the edges are browned nicely. If you would like your cookies to be crispier, bake them for a little bit longer.

Typically the Neiman Marcus chocolate chip cookie recipe will produce about two dozen cookies.

The Neiman Marcus chocolate chip cookie recipe has been the subject of much debate and was even part of the longest running urban legend for a while (it involves a person being charged for the recipe and spreading the recipe around the internet). In an effort to dispute the urban legend the Neiman Marcus chocolate chip cookie recipe has been printed for the general public to consume.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Tip #1

You can save cookie making time by mixing your ingredients while your oven preheats. That way your dough can go right into the oven when you finish mixing your ingredients. You can also save time by cleaning up as you go along. Rinse off the measuring spoons and the bowls as you finish using them. Wash the rest of the dishes as the cookies are baking and cooling.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Tip #2

Shortening is one of the single worst things you can put into your body. If a recipe calls for shortening you should substitute butter or margarine for it. Butter and margarine can be used interchangeably unless a recipe specifically says to use one or the others. Don't worry about the calories and talk yourself into using low calorie or whipped butter. These substitutes will ruin the taste of the cookies.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Tip #3

Rotate your cookie sheets. Cookies form best on ungreased and cooled cookie sheets. After you transfer cookies from the sheet to the cooling rack, you should rinse off the used sheet and get it prepped for another batch of cookies. Using a warmed sheet can overcook the cookies.