Ingredients
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
5 1/2 cup pastry flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp oil of lemon*
2 tsp ammonium carbonate*
Directions
Directions: * may be purchased in a drug store. Cream shortening and
add sugar. Add egg and oil of lemon. Mix. Sift flour before
measuring. Measure flour and sift with salt. Dissolve ammonium
carbonatein a little of the milk. Add flour and liquid alternately
mixing after each addition. Chill dough. Roll 1/4" thick. Cut in
squares. Place on greased baking sheet. Sprinkle cookies lightly with
sugar. Bake 12-15 mins. in a 375 oven. Yields 8 doz. 2"squares.
Servings: 96 servings
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The History of Recipes
We can trace the history of written recipes far back into history, at least as far into history as early Egypt, and maybe further still. Interesting though that maybe, in the main part, these old cookbooks were just very simple pictorial recipes for preparing meals.
In fact, the oldest recipe in existence, according to academics is a series of stone tablets in the Sumerian language describing the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making people feel wonderful and blissful. Later on, in Roman times around 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote a number of scripts detailing recipes cooked by the Romans. In his scrolls, he recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into starters, main course and dessert, a style of dining still practiced today. Aspicius recounts how the Roman cooks used many different herbs, including some that we all recognise for example bay, fennel and asafoetida. Later on, we find some recipe books which appeared in the 14th Century : a cookery book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary called `Curye on Inglish`. Although the titles sound familiar, they are not about the indian food that is popular today, but rather descriptions of the types of meals eaten by the rich. Later on in the 1400s, people returning from the crusades brought back many foods and herbs from Arab countries, including coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new herbs and spices was responsible for an explosion in books on cooking, many of which are kept safe in private collections. Over the succeeding few hundred years, the rich and powerful families of Wesstern Europe competed to offer the best banquets, and because of this the best chefs and their recipes could command a high salary. Even so, it was during the 19th century that fine cooking and recipe collections reached a high level of popularity. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, spent years to collecting, verifying, and publishing recipes of the day. When we get to the twentieth century, cookery books were in great demand, due to higher levels of literacy, people having increased free time and a general increase in wealth. |
We hope you enjoy this Ammonia Cookies recipe.
