mrs. fields chocolate chip cookies

[Thomas Vogler]

On Fri, 16 Jan 1998 07:38:37 GMT, ba...@altoetting-online.de wrote:

>In article <34BD36C2...@videotron.ca> Duchesnay
><duch...@videotron.ca> writes:
>> I thought the famous cookies had ground oats in it? Are you sure this is
>the
>> right recipe?
>
>The "famous" cookies in the urban legend (from Nieman Marcus, as I've
>always heard it) have ground oats.
>
>I've never heard a version of the urban legend where the cookies came from
>Mrs. Field's -- but I did happen to have her cookbook in my kitchen so I
>took this as a serious request.

You aint been around. I first saw the version with oats posted as Mrs.
Fields secret recipe nearly ten years ago.

It wasn't on the Internet, but on the pseudo newsgroups that were
carried on a lot of bulletin boards at the time.

Seen the same recipe posted both ways in the years since, sometimes
with the credit card story sometimes saying that a family member
worked for them

Musst have seen it posted a hundred times. I love the version with
ground oats... it really does make a great cookie, especially if you
substitute white chocolate chunks for the chlocolate chips and
macadamia nuts for the walnuts.

[CR]

Does anyone know where I can find the recipe for Mrs. Fields chocolate
chip cookies. I've searched everywhere and I can't seem to find it.

Thanks
Michaelyn

[LLGD5000]

From: CR <chu...@ix.netcom.com>

>Does anyone know where I can find the recipe for Mrs. Fields chocolate
>chip cookies. I've searched everywhere and I can't seem to find it.

A few years ago someone sent a letter and recipe to a San Francisco radio
station. Recipe was supposed to be Mrs. Field's, but someone at the station
recognized the letter as the Neiman-Marcus myth with the name changed. She
checked. Same. A talk show host did an afternoon on urban myths. The
highlight of the show was a conversation with Debbie Fields. I can't remember
her exact comments, but they were something to the effect that since her IQ was
higher than her age, she wouldn't have sold her recipe for less than a number
of millions.

I've had the cookies from the recipe circulated as Neiman's or Debbie Fields.
They're ok. A little dry. I think the recipe that Neiman's has on their
website is a better cookie. If you're determined to try the mythic one, just
before Christmas it was posted on very board from Baking to Impeach Clinton.

[ba...@altoetting-online.de]

In article <34BBBB...@ix.netcom.com> CR <chu...@ix.netcom.com>
writes:

> Does anyone know where I can find the recipe for Mrs. Fields chocolate
> chip cookies. I've searched everywhere and I can't seem to find it.
>

> Thanks
> Michaelyn

I have her book: "Mrs. Field's Best Cookie Book Ever!" from Time-Life
Books, 1996 ISBN 0-7835-4830-3

I've made several of the recipes, and they are fabulous! Her "Brown Sugar
Shortbread Cookies" (with a chocolate and nut topping) are the best
cookies I've ever made...The book opens automatically to the page with
that recipe. ;-)

The first recipe in the book is for "Blue-Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies"

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, softened
2 large eggs
2 t vanilla extract
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (about 2 cups)

Yield: About 3 1/2 dozen

* Preheat oven to 300F
* In medium bowl, combine flour, soda, and salt. Mix well with wire whisk.
Set aside.
* In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend sugars at medium speed.
Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the
bowl. Add eggs and vanilla extract, and mix at medium speed until just
blended. Do not overmix.
* Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips, and blend at low speed until
just mixed. Do not overmix.
* Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet, 2
inches apart. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer
cookies immediately to a cool surface with a spatula.

Enjoy!

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Barb

[Duchesnay]

I thought the famous cookies had ground oats in it? Are you sure this is the
right recipe?

[James Harvey]

In article <19980113235...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, llgd...@aol.com (LLGD5000) writes:
> From: CR <chu...@ix.netcom.com>

>
>>Does anyone know where I can find the recipe for Mrs. Fields chocolate
>>chip cookies. I've searched everywhere and I can't seem to find it.
>

> A few years ago someone sent a letter and recipe to a San Francisco radio
> station. Recipe was supposed to be Mrs. Field's, but someone at the station
> recognized the letter as the Neiman-Marcus myth with the name changed.

Actually, I believe the "Mrs. Fields" version of the $250 cookie UL is the
antecedent of the "Neiman-Marcus" (sic) version.

> She
> checked. Same. A talk show host did an afternoon on urban myths. The
> highlight of the show was a conversation with Debbie Fields. I can't remember
> her exact comments, but they were something to the effect that since her IQ was
> higher than her age, she wouldn't have sold her recipe for less than a number
> of millions.

It seems odd to me that Debbi Fields would say that, since she gives away
a couple of recipes on every show in her "Great American Desserts" series.
But anyway, here's an ancient copy of the "Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chip Cookie"
recipe. I believe it is exactly identical to most of the "Neiman-Marcus" (sic)
versions.

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From: sks@ilunix (Sam Spitzner)
Newsgroups: mod.recipes
Subject: RECIPE: Chewy chocolate-chip cookies
Date: 21 Dec 85 06:46:35 GMT
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MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHOC-CHIP-1 D "10 DEC 85" 1986
"CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES" "Chocolate chip cookies like Mrs. Fields makes"

These cookies are a combination of oatmeal and chocolate chip. They are
very rich, but very tasty. The recipe was obtained from a friend of
a friend, who supposedly paid a large amount of money for it.
However, the cookies do not taste *exactly* the same as the name brand.

Yield: approximately 60

2 cups (450 g) butter
2 cups (380 g) sugar (granulated white)
2 cups (400 g) brown sugar (dark brown)
4 eggs (large -- use 5 if medium)
2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla extract
4 cups (400 g) flour (sift before measuring)
5 cups (250 g) rolled oats (oatmeal), powdered finely.
1 tsp (5 ml) salt
2 tsp (10 ml) baking soda
2 tsp (10 ml) baking powder
24 oz (700 g) chocolate chips (being a purist, I prefer Toll House morsels)
8 oz (225 g) chocolate bar, finely grated.
3 cups (400 g) chopped nuts (I prefer walnuts, but you can use your
favorite type.)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190C).

2. Cream together the butter and the sugars.

3. Sift together flour, oatmeal, salt, baking soda, baking powder,
and the shredded chocolate bar.

4. Add eggs and vanilla to creamed sugar and butter, then mix all
ingredients together.

5. Mix chocolate chips and nuts into mixture.

6. Drop by onto ungreased cookie sheet in small drops.

7. Bake 6 minutes or until done.

A blender works very well to powder the oats and the chocolate bar.
The blender chops the oatmeal finer than a food processor.
The powdered chocolate bar should melt at the touch of your fingers.

I prefer my cookies just barely done, so that they remain chewy.
If you want to send your taste buds into heaven, butter the cookies
as they come out of the oven (still hot), and eat them still warm
with a glass of *cold* milk.

Note that cocoa is not the same thing as a shredded chocolate bar.
Note also that oatmeal is not the same thing as quick-cooking oats or
instant oatmeal. Oatmeal means "rolled oats," such as Quaker oats.

RATING:

Difficulty: easy to moderate.
Time: 30 minutes.
Precision: measure the ingredients.

Sam Spitzner
Illinois Bell, Chicago, Illinois
Email address: ihnp4!ilunix!sks
Snail address: 225 W. Randolph, HQ17B, Chicago, Il. 60606
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James Harvey har...@iupui.edu Disclaimer: My opinions; I don't speak for IU.

[CR]

Thank you everyone for the Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookie recipes. I
made the one with the 5 cups of ground oatmeal. My husband and I loved
them, but my daughter and her kids are coming over tomorrow and they are
the real test.

Thanks again for all the help
Michaelyn

[Dan Neri]

LLGD5000 wrote:

> From: CR <chu...@ix.netcom.com>
>
> >Does anyone know where I can find the recipe for Mrs. Fields chocolate
> >chip cookies. I've searched everywhere and I can't seem to find it.
>
> A few years ago someone sent a letter and recipe to a San Francisco radio
> station. Recipe was supposed to be Mrs. Field's, but someone at the station

> recognized the letter as the Neiman-Marcus myth with the name changed. She

> checked. Same. A talk show host did an afternoon on urban myths. The
> highlight of the show was a conversation with Debbie Fields. I can't remember
> her exact comments, but they were something to the effect that since her IQ was
> higher than her age, she wouldn't have sold her recipe for less than a number
> of millions.
>

> I've had the cookies from the recipe circulated as Neiman's or Debbie Fields.
> They're ok. A little dry. I think the recipe that Neiman's has on their
> website is a better cookie. If you're determined to try the mythic one, just
> before Christmas it was posted on very board from Baking to Impeach Clinton.

CR,
Found a recipe for Mrs. Field's cookies on the internet from "Top Secret
Recipes".

1 c. softened butter
1/2 c. granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 c all purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 twelve ounce bags semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
3. In another bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients.
5. Stir in the chocolate chips.
6. With your fingers, place golf ball-sized dough portions 2 inches apart on an
ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 9-10 minutes or just until the edges are light brown.

makes 30 cookies. (http://www.topsecretrecipes.com)
Marty

[GinaF20697]

Here's a version I got from the Top Secret recipes web site. They are great
very soft and chewy

Top Secret Recipes version of
Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here's the first recipe I ever made for the Top Secret Recipes books, inspired
by that now-famous chain-letter fable. It's my version of the delicious Mrs.
Fields cookies that are crispy around the edge and chewy in the middle. Be
careful not to cook these too long. I know it becomes tempting to keep cooking
these because they don't seem to be done after 10 minutes, but they will
continue to cook for awhile after you take them out of the
oven, and when cool, will be nice and chewy. Mmm...got milk?

1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 twelve-ounce bags semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugars, eggs, and

vanilla.
3. In another bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking
soda.
4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients.
5. Stir in the chocolate chips.
6. With your fingers, place golf ball-sized dough portions 2 inches apart on an
ungreased
cookie sheet.

7. Bake for 9-10 minutes or just until edges are light brown.
Makes 30 cookies. (http://www.topsecretrecipes.com)

[Betty Creason]

Barb,
Would you care to post the recipe for "Brown Sugar
Shortbread Cookies" ? They really sound great.
Thank you,
Betty

[ba...@altoetting-online.de]

In article <34BD36C2...@videotron.ca> Duchesnay
<duch...@videotron.ca> writes:

> I thought the famous cookies had ground oats in it? Are you sure this is
the
> right recipe?

The "famous" cookies in the urban legend (from Nieman Marcus, as I've

always heard it) have ground oats.

I've never heard a version of the urban legend where the cookies came from
Mrs. Field's -- but I did happen to have her cookbook in my kitchen so I
took this as a serious request.

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Barb

[Carolyn McLain]

* Exported from MasterCook *

Mrs Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies/Brownies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 Cup Butter -- (don't use margarine
1 Cup White Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Teaspoons Vanilla
2 Eggs -- * see note
2 Cups Flour
1 Cup Oatmeal -- ground fine in blend
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
12 Ounces Chocolate Chips
1 1/2 Cups Nuts
4 Ounces Chocolate Bar -- chopped fine / grate

Cream together butter, sugars, vanilla, flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder
and baking soda (* add one egg to the mixture at a time).
Fold in the chocolate chips, nuts, and chocolate bar.

Place about 3 teaspoons of mixture per cookie on a cookie sheet. Bake at
350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

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CR <chu...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<34BBBB...@ix.netcom.com>...

> Does anyone know where I can find the recipe for Mrs. Fields chocolate
> chip cookies. I've searched everywhere and I can't seem to find it.
>

> Thanks
> Michaelyn
>

[Sarah Fidelibus]

Nicole B. Hansen (nbha...@midway.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: This is an even more terrible version of the Mrs. Field's cookies. It
: calls for cooking them 12 to 15 minutes. They will be completely burned
: if you do so. Cook them for only six minutes. And by the way you can use
: margarine.

I have a recipe for large chocolate chip cookies that call for a baking
time of 15 minutes, and they come out fine--not burnt at all, and I don't
use an air-bake cookie sheet. Even the regular CC cookies I make (much
smaller than the above-mentioned monsters) take at least seven and a half
minutes, and my oven runs true to temp. Cookies do continue to cook
after being removed from the oven, but if they are too underdone when one
takes them out, they will be really mushy.

Then again, I always found the Mrs. Fields store cookies to be way too
greasy and kinda mushy.

-s