1 1/4 cup bran
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/3 cup milk
2 eggs
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup butter
1 cup apples, green are best,
1 chopped
1 cup raisins (opt)
Directions
Combine bran, flour, baking powder, nutmeg and cloves; set aside.
Cream together milk, eggs, maple syrup, and butter; fold in flour
mixture. Stir in apples and raisins. Pour into oiled muffin tins, and
bake at 350 degrees until tops split, 15 to 25 minutes.
Servings: 12 servings
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Categories: Apple; Bread; Breads; Breakfast; Fruit
The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to trace the history of written cooking instructions back into history, in fact as far as early Egypt, and possibly even further than that. However, generally, these old cook books were just very basic hieroglyphic recipes for preparing food.
Interestingly, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to experts are a few stone tablets in ancient Sumerian describing the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel wonderful and blissful. As we move into The time of the romans 25BC a man called Apicius compiled a few documents showing how to cook the recipes prepared by wealthy Romans. In his scrolls, Apicius recounts how the roman meals were split into starters, entrees and desserts, a very modern way of dining. He also recounts how the ancient Romans made use of a wide range of spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern cooks for example thyme, fennel and parsley. Closer to modern times, there are two books which appeared in the 14th Century - a recipe book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, they are nothing to do with the spicy food that we all know today, but rather recipes for the types of food on the menues of the rich and wealthy people of those days. Later, in the 15th century, the Crusaders brought back many new foods and herbs from middle-east cuisine, such as coriander, parsley, and rosemary. These new foods and spices was responsible for a surge in books on cooking, most of which are now in private libraries. By the time we get to the twentieth century, cooking books were starting to become popular mostly as a result of higher levels of literacy, people having more free time and disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Apple Bran Muffins recipe.
