1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup brown sugar -- packed
6 tbsp butter -- softened
1 package cream cheese -- 8 oz at room
1 temp
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
4 tbsp amaretto
1/2 tsp vanilla
4 tbsp almonds -- chopped
Directions
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter
until mixture forms fine crumbs. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture for
topping. Press remainder over bottom of ungreased 8 inch square
baking pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350^ or until lightly browned.
In mixer bowl, thoroughly cream together cream cheese and granulated
sugar. Add egg, amaretto, and vanilla; beat well. Spread batter over
partially baked crust. Combine almondswith reserved crumb mixture;
sprinkle over batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool and cut into
squares.
Recipe By : Dining on Deck
Servings: 16 servings
Amaretto Cheesecake Cookies Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Alcohol; Cheesecake; Cookie; Dessert
The History of Recipes
We can read the history of meal recipes far back into distant history, certainly as far back into history as the early Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these old cookbooks were just simple pictorial instructions for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe found, according to experts in ancient history are a few ancient tablets in Sumerian which show the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made anyone who drank it feel blissful. Progressing into The time of the romans 25BC a man called Apicius compiled some scripts showing how to cook the recipes cooked by his fellow Romans. In his scrolls, he tells us how the roman meals were divided into hors d`oeuvres, main course and afters, a style of dining still practiced today. Aspicius recounts how the ancient chefs made use of a wide range of herbs, including some familiar names for example bay, mint and dill. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought us a variety of spices and herbs from the Middle-East, including coriander, parsley, and rosemary. These new culinary innovations caused a torrent in manuscripts on food, many of which are now in private cookery archives. Over the next few centuries, the rich families of Europe strove to offer the most exotic banquets, and as a result the best cooks and their recipes increased in prestige. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that formal cookery and recipe collections rose to prominence. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, dedicated years of their lives to assembling, verifying, and writing down recipes of the day. By the arrival of the twentieth century, recipe books were greatly in demand mostly due to increased literacy, people having more spare time and a general increase in wealth. The introduction of television brought us TV chefs and the accompanying recipe books. And that brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, permitting us all to search through thousands of recipes just like those on the site you are now reading. |
We hope you enjoy this Amaretto Cheesecake Cookies recipe.
