3/4 cup margarine
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
2 cup flour, sifted
3 tbsp cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
Directions
Mix ingredients in order given. Press dough through cooky press onto
ungreased sheets. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes. (Do not overbake.)
Remove from sheets immediately.
Servings: 1 batch
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Categories: Beverages; Cookie
The History of Recipes
Historians have traced the existance of recipes far back into ancient history, certainly as far back into history as the ancient Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, in the main part, these ancient cook books were just basic hieroglyphic recipes for preparing food.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe found, according to academics is a series of ancient tablets in ancient Sumerian which show the making 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. Progressing into Roman times 25BC a roman called Apicius compiled some scripts detailing recipes prepared by his fellow Romans. In his scrolls, Apicius describes how the roman meals were separated into appetizers, main meal and desserts, a style of dining still practiced today. This early Roman chef recounts how the ancient Romans used a wide range of herbs and spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs like basil, fennel and dill. Continuing our culinary historical journey, there were a couple of recipe books dating from the fourteenth century - a book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. Although the titles sound familiar, these two books are unconnected to the indian curry that is popular today, but rather descriptions of the types of food eaten by the rich and wealthy people of the period. Later on, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought us a variety of foods, spices and herbs from Arab countries, including coriander, parsley, and basil. These new spices and herbs created an eruption in books on cooking, many of which are now in academic collections. When we get to the twentieth century, cookery books are highly popular due to more people being able to read, more leisure time and having more money to spend. The TV revolution gave us TV cooks and the spin-off recipe books. And that brings us to the present day and the invention of the internet, permitting everyone to access thousands of recipes just like those on our web site. |
We hope you enjoy this Cocoa Spritz Cookies recipe.
