3/4 cup maple syrup
3 each slices bread without crusts
1 tbsp butter
1/2 cup nutmeats or raisins
1 tsp lemon juice
2 each eggs
2 cup milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla
Directions
Pour maple syrup in top of double boiler. Butter each slice of bread
and cube. Add to syrup. Add nuts or raisins and lemon juice. Beat
together eggs, milk, salt and vanilla and pour over bread mixture. Do
not stir. Set over gently boiling water. Cook 1 hour. This makes its
own sauce. Spoon it over each serving. By Bill and Tina Schneider
From Maple Dessert Recipes by Massachusetts Maple Syrup
Producers Association P.O. Box 377 Ashfield, MA 01330
Servings: 4 servings
Maple Bread Pudding Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Bread; Bread Pudding; Breads; Dessert
The History of Recipes
Recipes as an idea can be found back into the distant past, in truth as far back into history as early Egypt, and possibly even further than that. However, these, old recipes were just basic pictorial instructions for preparing food.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe found, according to experts in ancient history is a series of stone tablets in the Sumerian language 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 making anyone who drank it feel `blissful`. During Roman times around 25BC a man called Apicius compiled a collection of documents detailing recipes cooked by the Romans. In his scrolls, Apicius describes how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into starters, main course and dessert, something we still use today. Aspicius also tells us how the ancient Romans were skilled in the use of many different aromatic flavors, including a few that will be familiar to modern cooks like bay, fennel and parsley. As our culinary historical trip moves on a few more years there are some recipe books published in the fourteenth century - a book called `Forme of Cury`, and another called `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are a little misleading though, they are unconnected to the indian food that is familiar to us all today, but rather descriptions of the types of food prepared by the cooks of the rich people of that period. In the fifteenth century, the Crusaders brought back many foods and spices from the East, including coriander, parsley, and basil. The introduction of these new tastes was responsible for a torrent in recipe publications, most of which still exist in academic collections. By the arrival of the 20th century, cooking books were in great demand, as a result of increased literacy, more leisure time and a general increase in wealth. Like it or not, the introduction of television brought us TV cookery programs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. Which brings us neatly to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, permitting everyone to access massive numbers of recipes like those on sites such as this. |
We hope you enjoy this Maple Bread Pudding recipe.
