1 1/2 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
1/2 cup oregon hazelnuts, - finely chopped
1/4 cup margarine, melted
Directions
Combine crumbs, hazelnuts and margarine. Press mixture onto bottom of
a 9" pie plate. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool.
* COOKFDN brings you this recipe with permission from: * Oregon
Hazelnut Industry and The Hazelnut Marketing Board
Servings: 1 crust
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Categories: Cookie
The History of Recipes
We can trace the history of written recipes way back into antiquity, certainly as far into history as the early Egyptians, and quite possibly further than that. However, generally, these early recipes were just very basic hieroglyphic instructions for preparing food.
Interestingly, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to food historians are some clay tablets in Sumerian describing the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel blissful. During Roman times 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote a collection of documents showing how to cook the recipes cooked by the Romans. In his works, he recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were split into appetizers, main course and desserts, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. Additionally, he recounts how the ancient cooks made use of many aromatic flavors, including many that are still in use today such as basil, mint and parsley. Later, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back a variety of spices and herbs from Arab cuisine, such as parsley and basil. The introduction of these new foods and spices led to an increase in books on cooking, the majority of which are kept safe in academic collections. During the succeeding few centuries, the powerful and wealthy strove to offer the most exotic banquets, and because of this cooks and their recipe collections could command a high salary. Nevertheless, it was during the nineteenth century that fine cooking and cookery books became popular. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the USA, dedicated the best years of their lives to collating, trying out, and recording the recipes that were being prepared for the better households. By the time we get to the twentieth century, cookbooks are greatly in demand mostly due to higher levels of literacy, more free time and having more money to spend. |
We hope you enjoy this Cookie Crumb Crust recipe.
