1 butter
4 oz (4 sq) unsweetened
1 chocolate
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped pecans/walnuts
1 cup sugar
1 cup all purpose flour
1 (sifted)
1/2 tsp baking powder
Directions
Line an 8 x 8 glass baking dish with buttered wax paper. Break
chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl with the butter. Cook
in microwave on high for 3 minutes, until the chocolate has
completely melted. Beat eggs and sugar together until creamy. Sift
flour with salt and baking powder. Stir all ingredients together.
Spread mixture evenly into baking dish. Cook for 8-1/2 minutes,
rotating dish 1/4 of a turn thrice during cooking period. Cool
brownies in the dish. Remove paper and cut brownies into squares.
Servings: 16
Servings: 16 servings
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Categories: Cookie; Dessert; Microwave
The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to trace the history of written cooking instructions far back into antiquity, at least as far back into history as pharonic Egypt, and potentially, even further back. Having said that, in the main part, these early cookbooks were just very basic hieroglyphic instructions for preparing meals.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe found, according to experts is a series of ancient tablets in ancient Sumerian which describe 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 tried it feel `wonderful`. As we move into The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote some documents describing recipes prepared by wealthy Romans. In his scrolls, he tells us how the meals of wealthy Romans were divided into appetizers, entrees and afters, something that is very familiar to us today. Aspicius informs us how the ancient Romans made use of a good variety of aromatic flavors, including a few that will be familiar to modern cooks like basil, mint and asafoetida. Closer to modern times, we find some recipe books which were published in the fourteenth century : a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Perhaps surprisingly, these two books are nothing to do with the curry that appears on menues today, but instead accounts of the types of meals enjoyed by the rich and powerful of that time. Later, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back many foods and spices from the East, including spices like parsley, basil and rosemary. These new foods and spices created an outbreak in manuscripts on cooking, some of which are now in private cookery archives. By the time we get to the twentieth century, cook books are in great demand, as a result of increased literacy, people having increased spare time and disposable income. |
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