2 cup flour
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine cold
3/4 cup milk cold
1/2 cup banana mashed 1 large
Directions
Combine flour sugar and baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in
butter until crumbly. Make a well in the center. Pour in milk and
banana into well. Stir to moisten. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased
cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve hot
with butter and marmalade or peanut butter.
Servings: 12 biscuits
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Categories: Banana; Bread; Breads; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Food historians have found proof that recipes existed far back into the distant past, certainly as far back into history as pharonic Egypt, and maybe even further. Interesting though that maybe, generally, these ancient recipes were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe discovered, according to experts is a series of ancient tablets in the Sumerian language describing the making 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 `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. Later on, in Roman times 25BC a roman called Apicius created a collection of scripts detailing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his publication, Apicius recounts how the meals were split into appetizers, main meal and desserts, something that is very familiar to us today. Aspicius also describes how the cooks of Roman times were skilled in the use of many aromatic flavours, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs for example basil, fennel and parsley. As our culinary historical trip moves on a few more years there were a couple of recipe books which were published in the 1300s - a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, these two books have no connection with the indian curry that appears on menues today, but instead accounts of the types of meals cooked for the rich. Later, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back a variety of spices and herbs from Arab cuisine, including spices like parsley, basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new foods and spices created an explosion in cookery books, some of which still exist in academic collections. By the advent of the 1900s, cookbooks are greatly in demand mostly due to higher levels of literacy, people having increased leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Banana Biscuits recipe.
