1 cup butter
4 oz brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 egg yolks
2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup sliced almonds
Directions
Mix to-gether and drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet. Bake at
350 30 min.
Servings: 6 servings
Almond Cookies Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Cookie; Nut
The History of Recipes
We are able to track the history of `recipes` far back into history, at least as far into history as pharonic Egypt, and potentially, even further back. Having said that, mostly, these ancient records were just very basic pictorial recipes for preparing meals.
The truth of the matter is, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to academics are some stone tablets in Sumerian which show the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making people feel `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. As we move into The time of the romans around 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote a few documents detailing recipes cooked by wealthy roman citizens. In his publication, he recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main meal and dessert, a very modern way of dining. This early Roman chef describes how the chefs of Roman times made use of a wide range of spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs such as basil, mint and asafoetida. During the next few centuries, the powerful and wealthy competed to offer the most extravagent banquests, and because of this the best chefs and their collection of recipes were much in demand. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cookery and recipe books became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated the best years of their lives to assembling, testing, and publishing recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. The revolution that is television gave us TV cookery programs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. Which pretty much brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, allowing everybody to search through massive numbers of recipes just like those on this recipe site. |
We hope you enjoy this Almond Cookies recipe.
