Woollies cookies for winter annyone?

[Hoppy]

> This is a true story.
>
> Please forward when you finish reading!
>
> A little background:
>
> Woolworths, if you don't know already, is a very expensive clothing
and
> supermarket outlet (they sell a typical R50 T-shirt for R150). My
> daughter
> and I had just finished lunch at a Woolies Cafe in Hyde Park,
> Johannesburg.
> Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the
'Woolies
> Cookie'. It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the
> recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, 'I'm afraid not, but
you
> can
> buy the recipe.'
>
> I asked how much, and she responded; 'Only two fifty - it's a great
deal'
>
> I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill.
>
> Thirty days later, I got my Visa statement, and the Woolworths charge
was
> R485. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent R49.95
for
> two sandwiches and about R120 for a scarf. At the bottom of the
statement,
> it said, 'Cookie Recipe - R250.00'. That was outrageous!
>
> I called Woolworths Accounting Department and told them the waitress
had
> said it was 'two fifty', which clearly does not mean 'two hundred and
> fifty
> Rands' by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase. Woolworths
refused
> to budge. They would not refund my money because according to them;
'What
> the waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the
> recipe. We absolutely will not refund your money.
>
> I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes
which
> govern fraud in the state of Gauteng. I threatened to report them to
the
> Better Business Bureau and The Attorney General's office. I was
basically
> told: Do what you want. Don't bother thinking of how you can get even,
and
> don't bother trying to get any of your money back'
>
> I said, OK, you've got my R250, and now I'm going to have R250 worth
of
> fun. I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover
in
> the world with an e-mail account gets a R250 cookie recipe from
> Neiman-Marcus for free. She replied, 'I wish you wouldn't do that.' I
> said, 'Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you RIPPED
ME
> OFF!' and slammed down the phone.
>
> So here it is! Please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think
of. I
> paid R250 for this, and I don't want Woolworths to EVER make another
cent
> from this recipe!
>
>
> WOOLIES COOKIES (Recipe may be halved as this makes heaps)
>
> 2 (500 ml) cups butter
> 680 g chocolate chips
> 4 (1000 ml) cups flour
> 2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar
> 2 tsp. (10 ml) Bicarbonate of soda
> 1 tsp. (5 ml) salt
> 2 (500 ml) cups sugar
> 500 g Grated Cadbury chocolate
> 5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal
> 4 eggs
> 2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder
> 2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla
> 3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts (optional)
>
> Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the
butter
> and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour,
oatmeal,
> salt, baking powder, and bicarbonate of soda. Add chocolate chips,
grated
> Chocolate and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a
> cookie
> sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 180 C.
>
> The above quantities make 112 cookies. Enjoy!

[Dadz Toy BFI]

Allan

This is an old e-mail that's been doing the rounds for e-ons :roll:

Originated in the US, the $'s have been substituted for R's enol.

But.....

mighty fine cookies, my vrou tried the recipie and they are mooi

[Hoppy]

The guy that i got this from tried them and he said they're very good, so it has been tested that's why i'm sharing it, will try to convince swambo this weekend, so i can't enjoy our GTG toooo much tonight!

[Mud Dog]

Got the same e-mail and actually wondered if there was any substance to it. You say they're lêka cookies, Rich? Will have to try them myself.

[Dadz Toy BFI]

.....Rich? Will have to try them myself.........

Ooooooh yes :!: :!:

But careful with the quantities this is a catering size recipe

I'd say that it's worthy of inclusion into our Cooking/Recipes Forum Section

[Mr_B]

Hmmm I might have to sacrifice a bit of couch potato time and bake these chaps! Before the rugby!

B

[Mud Dog]

Hmmm I might have to sacrifice a bit of couch potato time and bake these chaps! Before the rugby!

AND .... before the Glenfiddich!