2 3/4 cup flour
2 tbsp milk
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter
1 tsp almond extract
1 egg (beaten)
1 sliced or slivered almonds
Directions
Thoroughly mix all ingredients together. Roll dough into 1 inch balls
(or rounded teaspoons) onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with
thumb. Top with almonds. Bake at 325 for 8-10 minutes. Makes 5 dozen.
Enjoy!
Servings: 15 servings
Almond Cookies (M_C-Tx) Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Cookie; Nut
The History of Recipes
Historians have proved the existence of recipes back into history, in truth as far back into history as the ancient Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, these, early cook books were just very basic hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe found, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are some stone tablets in ancient Sumerian which describe the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made drinkers feel `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. As we move into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a man called Apicius assembled a number of scripts detailing recipes enjoyed by his fellow Romans. In his publication, Apicius recounts how the meals were separated into appetizers, main meal and dessert, something we still use today. He also describes how the early Romans were skilled in the use of many different herbs and spices, including some familiar names like thyme, rue and parsley. In the 15th century, the Crusaders brought back a variety of foods and spices from Arab cuisine, including spices like parsley and basil. These new culinary innovations led to an explosion in recipe publications, most of which are now in private cookery archives. Over the next few hundred years, the powerful families of Wesstern Europe competed to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and because of this the best chefs and their recipe collections were highly sought after. Notwithstanding that, it was during the 19th century that haute cuisine and recipe books became popular. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, devoted much of their lives to collating, verifying, and writing down recipes to help cooks of their time. When we get to the 1900s, recipe publications were highly popular as a result of higher levels of literacy, people having increased leisure time and being a little richer. |
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