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Urban Legend Chocolate Chip Cookies

“You may have heard this story...a woman asks to buy a cookie recipe and is told it will cost 'two-fifty.' She thinks this means $2.50, but then she gets her credit card bill back and finds out it is $250.00. Outraged, she spreads the recipe far and wide to try and get her money's worth. I first heard this story 6 years ago and was given a recipe on a sheet of paper which bore the date '1986.' The supposed originator of the recipe was a well-known cookie company. I have since heard this tale again several times, with the recipe originating from different upscale department stores. True story? Who knows, but it's a darn good cookie. Here's my version.”

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Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2006

These are definitely the best cookies! They were a big hit in our holiday cookie exchange this yr and I will make them again and again.

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DevDrew

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Highland, New York, USA

Living In: Wallkill, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2006

This was an OUTSTANDING recipe! I made these cookies for Christmas and everyone loved them, especially my wife and I! We all scarfed them down like crazy! Just be sure to follow the directions word for word. The first time I made these I mixed dry ingredients and wet separately which this recipe is NOT all about! Mix things EXACTLY the way they state! The second time I made them they were amazing!! Great cookies!

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Scott

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2006

These cookies... are... AWESOME!! I did a half-batch, so I used: ½ cup margarine, ½ cup sugar, ½ cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 cup flour, 1 1/4 cups rolled oats, 1/4 tsp salt, ½ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp baking soda, 1 cup chocolate chips, and about ½ cup walnuts (ran out!). Oh, and I used 1½ full-sized Hershey bars, ground up a bit in the Magic Bullet (which I also used to grind up the oats). I used parchment paper on the cookie sheets. I had to lower the temp to 350 as they were browning too quickly on the bottom. Some of the best cookies I have ever made and eaten, and I bake pretty much daily! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, Rene!

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Duckball

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Boise, Idaho, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2006

this recipe takes longer thant 15 minutes to bake but these are really, really the best cookies I have ever tasted. I am planning on giving them as gifts this year.

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Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2006

I left out the walnuts, and used a bit less chocolate, and these were still extremely sweet! I had to bake them for about 15min before they were done, though. I did two batches, the first I stoped at 12min, and they were practically falling apart in my hands. My friends and family all loved them though. I'm definetly keeping this recipe!

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Minathia

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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2006

Everyone loved them!

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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2006

I altered the recipe a little, and it turned out great. My 5 picky kids loved them. I used 1 C. white flour & 1 C. whole wheat pastry flour. I only ground 1 1/2 C. Oatmeal and added the last cup whole. Then I added 1/2 C. unsweetened coconut. It turned out fantastic. I reminds me of the cookies they leave on your bed at a certain hotel chain in the mornings. Even though they have oatmeal & wheat flour, they don't taste the least bit good for you, they're yummy!

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2006

Perfect! A new favorite for my husband and me. He couldn't get enough of them! Here are the slight changes I made which resulted in a perfect, thick chocolate chip cookie...I used margarine (1 stick lite, 1 stick regular). Margarine helps cookies stay plump rather than flat. I let my eggs reach room temperature, and was careful not to overblend them with the dough (another common problem with cookie bakers). Lastly, I added 1/2 tsp more of baking soda and 1/4 tsp more of baking powder to help the cookies stay thick. I followed the rest of the recipe to a T using Ghirdelli (sp?) chocolate chips. I noticed some people said the dough got stuck in their mixers, but if you look at the recipe closely, you will notice it says to STIR the batter once you mix in the dry stuff...do not use your mixer at this point. Good luck! This is quite a perfect cookie!:-)

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ALLY99

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Athens, Georgia, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2006

Amazing cookies. The dough is excellent, and the baked cookie is just as good. I usually find the dough to be better tasting.

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Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2006

These are super YUMMY! I especially loved putting the oatmeal in the food processor; an ingenious way to hide oatmeal from my picky 7 year old.

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ChrisC"I'm hungry Mom"

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Provo, Utah, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2006

Devilish good!! And so easy to make.

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Louise

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Taasinge, Syddanmark, Denmark

Living In: Nuuk, Kitaa, Greenland

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Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2006

These were pretty good for a choc chip recipe. I have been looking for a really good one, and decided to give this one a try. I don't have a food processor, so I put the oats in a blender and it made into a powder also. They were ok, but we could definitely taste the oats in it. I'm still looking for that 1 good recipe.

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ANGELFLOWER23

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Grottoes, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 31, 2006

I love this recipe. I had received this in an email so many years ago, I was glad to have found it again!!

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CK1380

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: China Township, Michigan, USA

Living In: Chesterfield, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 30, 2006

Everyone loves these and asks me to make them every christmas. I use a LARGE Hershey bar with almonds.

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SOMEGIRL

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Irving, Texas, USA

Living In: Denton, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 27, 2006

These cookies came out very good. They don't look like any of the pcitures though. Everyone that tried them liked them, and they smell like peanut butter which is weird. I thought I blended the oatmeal into a powder, you could still see the oatmeal in the cookie. I chill the dough in the fridge before baking it so they don't spread that much. What i didn't like about this cookie was that it didn't fluff. It was very chewy and cracked on the top. Overall, pretty good, but I may retry this and blend the oatmeal more.

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Kelly

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2006

OK these are five + star cookies as is-I make all the time and people rave about them(minus the nuts)..but you MUST try this. With halloween coming I needed to clear out all existing candy in my house so instead of grating a regular chocolate bar..I stuck some mini snickers, twix, m&m's, baby ruth's, and hershey bars into a food processor and blended it up nice and added that to the cookie (maybe 10 mini bars altogether). OOOOHHHHH my it was so good the next day I had to make another batch using the same candy bars and even mixed in some reeses p-butter cups and a whatchamacallit bar. Even better. Now I can't wait for my kids to bring home all their trick or treats so I can make yet another batch...My co-workers love me this week! TRY IT...IT"S SO YUMMY!!

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cookiequeen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Brewster, New York, USA

Living In: Dover, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2006

These are really good cookies! Not $250 dollars good, but pretty dang good!

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MYKIDSMOM5

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Austin, Texas, USA

Living In: Ogden, Utah, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2006

The cookies were great. REALLY great. i skipped the nuts - tried it with both milk chocolate and dark chocolate. Both were DELICIOUS! Great replacement for store brought cookies, but without all the preservatives

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leona

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2006

I have made these many times in the past, each time very delicious! I had lost my copy and was happy to find it on this website. I took another person's suggestion and did't grate the candy bar, but smashed it with a mallet. Much quicker and less mess this way.

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LAUREL66

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Orem, Utah, USA

Living In: Manchester, Connecticut, USA

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Reviewed: May 15, 2006

I halved the recipe, didn't have any nuts to add (but I would add pecans if I had them), added 1/2 cup peanut butter, and used old-fashioned oats. This recipe produces a slightly chewy, slightly crispy, tasty cookie. I like the depth the grated chocolate adds. Great cookies Rene!

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