Recipe Hawaiian Nut Cookie from Famous Amos Cafe, Bangsar

This is a true story

My daughter and I had just finished a muffin at Famous Amos Cafe in Bangsar
& decided to have a some cookies. Because both of us are such cookie lovers,
we decided to try the "Hawaiian Nut Cookie".

It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe and she
waitress said with a small frown "I'm afraid cannot." Well I said,"would you
let me buy the recipe?"

With a cute smile, she said YES". I asked how much and she responded,"Only
two fifty, it's a great deal!" I said with approval, "just add it to my
bill."

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Famous Amos and it was
RM285.00. I looked again and remembered I had only spent RM9.95 for two
muffins and about RM20.00 for a pie. As I glanced at the bottom of the
statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe - RM250.00". That's outrageous!!!

I called Famous Amos's Accounting Dept. and told them that the waitress said
it was "two-fifty," which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty
dollars" by any POSSIBLE interpretation of the phrase. Famous Amos
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 at this point."

I explained to her the criminal statutes which govern fraud in Malaysia. I
threatened to refer them to the Police for engaging in fraud. I was
basically told, "Do what you want, we don't care, and we're not
refunding your money. "

I waited a moment, thinking of how I could get even, or even try to
get any of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you people got my
RM250.00, and now I'm going to have RM250.00 worth of fun."

I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in
Malaysia with an e-mail account has a RM250.00 cookie recipe from
Famous Amos... for free... She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this"
I said, "Well you should have thought of that before you stole from
me", and slammed down the phone on her.

So, here it is!!! Please,please, please pass it on to everyone you can
possibly think of. I paid RM250.00 dollars for this...I don't want
Famous Amos to ever get another sen off of this recipe...

Recipe may be halved:
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal & blend in blender to a fine
powder) 24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Cadbury bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together
with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate
chips, Hershey bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches
apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.. Have Fun!!!

This is not a joke - this is a true story... Ride free this isn't some
stupid chain letter either.. pass it on.. if you don't, you won't die
or get dumped... you'll just do the world an injustice...

JULIA JAAFAR
Journalist
New Straits Times,
31, Jalan Riong
59100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2056 9378
Fax: 03-2282 1434