1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar, divided
1/2 cup butter
4 cup apples, sliced, peeled
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup chopped nuts
1 1/3 cup flaked coconut
Directions
In a bowl, combine flour, salt and 1/3 cup sugar. Cut in butter until
the mixture resembles fine crumbs; press into the bottom of a greased
13x9x2-inch baking pan. Arrange the apple slices on top of crumbs;
sprinkle with lemon juice. Combine 1/3 cup sugar with cinnamon;
sprinkle over apples. Bake at 375 deg. for 20 min. Meanwhile, in a
small bowl, combine remaining sugar with the rest of the ingredients.
Spoon over baked apples; bake for another 20 minutes or until golden
brown. Cut into squares while still warm,
Servings: 20 servings
Apple Harvest Squares Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Apple; Cookie; Fruit
The History of Recipes
We are able to read the history of `recipes` back into history, in fact as far back into history as pharonic Egypt, and possibly even further. In practice though, generally, these old recipes were just very basic pictorial recipes for preparing food.
Interestingly, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to food historians is a series of stone tablets in the Sumerian language describing 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 drinkers feel blissful and exhilarated. As we move into The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius compiled a collection of documents showing how to cook the recipes prepared by his fellow Romans. In his publication, he tells us how the roman meals were separated into hors d`oeuvre, entrees and dessert, a style of dining still practiced today. This early Roman chef tells us how the ancient Romans made use of many aromatic flavors, including many that are still in use today for example thyme, fennel and parsley. Closer to modern times, there were a couple of books dating from the 14th Century - a book called `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these are nothing to do with the curry that is popular today, but instead recipes for the types of food on the tables of the upper classes of that period. Later, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many new foods, spices and herbs from Arab cooking, including coriander, parsley, and basil. The introduction of these new culinary ideas caused a surge in publications on food, many of which are kept safe in private collections. By the time we get to the twentieth century, cookery publications were starting to become popular due to more people being able to read, people having more leisure time and having more money to spend. |
We hope you enjoy this Apple Harvest Squares recipe.
