1 cup applesauce, unsweetened
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter and lard
1 each egg
2 cup flour
1 cup raisins, chopped
1 cup nut meats
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp salt
Directions
Drop from teaspoon.
Note: Combine ingredients. THEN drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased
cookie sheets. Bake in 375 F. oven till done.
Source: Mrs. Alfred H. Stratton, Goshen Grange, Mahoning County, OH
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Apple; Applesauce; Cookie; Fruit; Sauce
The History of Recipes
Historians have proved the existance of recipes back into distant history, in truth as far back as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and maybe even further. However, mostly, these ancient cook books were just basic hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for meal preparation.
Interestingly, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to historians is a series of stone tablets in the Sumerian language which recount the baking 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`. During Roman times around 25BC a Roman scholar, called Apicius, assembled some scrolls which described recipes cooked by wealthy roman citizens. In his works, Apicius recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were divided into hors d`oeuvre, entrees and dessert, something that is very familiar to us today. He also tells us how the cooks of his times made use of many spices and herbs, including a few you will know for example basil, mint and dill. As our culinary historical trip moves on a few more years we have two interesting recipe books published in the 1300s : one book called `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, these are nothing to do with the indian food that appears on menues today, but instead descriptions of the types of meals cooked for the upper classes of that period. In the fifteenth century, knights returning from the crusades brought us many new foods and spices from Arab cooking, including spices such as coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new herbs and spices prompted an outbreak in recipe manuscripts, some of which are kept safe in academic collections. By the arrival of the 1900s, recipe books were starting to become popular as a result of more people being able to read, increased leisure time and having more money. Like it or not, the introduction of television brought us celebrity TV chefs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. And that neatly brings us to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, allowing everyone to search through massive numbers of recipes like the ones you can find on this site. |
We hope you enjoy this Applesauce Cookies recipe.
