“Life’s too short, eat cookies.” Ain’t that the truth?! and probably more right to me, having lost my cookie baking daughter several years ago. Her cookies equalled that of any famous restaurant recipes. Granted they were copycat restaurant recipes, but the flavor could bluff anybody!
The trick to figuring out top secret restaurant recipes is determining that one key ingredient. For example, at my favorite Italian ~ mediterranean ~persian } cafe they specialize in the ‘Pizookie.’ an enormous chocolate chip cookie served piping hot from the oven in a small pizza pan, with generous portions of creamy vanilla ice cream! Description sounds heavenly all by itself …but the cookie! What’s the top secret restaurant recipe?! Steph solved it ! So, basic but oh so crucial ! They add nutmeg to the cookie dough. Just playing around , She figured ½ t. to be supreme ! And if you crave the taste of eggnog, a little sprinkle of nutmeg on top of the ice cream further expands the entire pizookie extravaganza !
Just so happens another nearby favorite restaurant , figured that nutmeg idea, and Enhanced their oatmeal ‘skookie,’ with a little nutmeg. Skookie , pizookie! Same thing ! Only a skookie is prepared in a heavy pan . Amazing how one unassuming component can be the wow factor of secret restaurant recipes! It’s kind of like Bob’s Big Boy restaurant’s secret sauce on their hamburgers…Thousand Island Dressing.
Of course , my all- time favorite, famous restaurant cookie recipe, has got to be the Nieman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie. Even though it’s one of the longest running urban legends, it is one of most well travelled secret restaurant recipes to date!
1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar, packed } cream ingredients together
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
1 c. flour
2 t. baking soda
2 ½ c. blended oatmeal } mix dry ingredients together
1 t. baking powder
12 oz. chocolate chips
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar grated } add rest of ingredients to cookie dough mix
1 ½ chopped nuts
Roll into balls, set 2” apart on cookie sheet and bake 10 min at 375º. Makes approx. 60 cookies.