Ingredients
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup chopped apples
1 cup chopped black walnuts or pecans
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter, sugar, eggs and lemon juice. Stir
in flour, baking powder and salt. Fold in apples and nuts. Bake in a
greased and floured 9x5x3" loaf pan for 45-55 minutes. Yield: 1 loaf
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Apple; Bread; Breads; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Food historians have traced the existance of recipes way back into the far past, certainly as far as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further. However, these, early cookbooks were just simple hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing meals.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe found, according to experts is a series of clay tablets in ancient Sumerian which recount the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. As our culinary historical trip moves on a few more years we have a couple of cookery books published in the 1300s ; a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Perhaps surprisingly, these two books are unconnected to the curry that is popular today, but instead descriptions of the types of meals eaten by the wealthy. During the succeeding few hundred years, the upper-class families of Europe competed to lay on the most extravagent banquests, and as a result chefs and their recipe collections were highly sought after. Nevertheless, it was during the nineteenth century that formal cookery and recipe collections became popular. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, dedicated their lives to assembling, verifying, and recording popular recipes of the day. By the arrival of the 1900s, cooking books are highly popular as a result of increased literacy, more spare time and disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Annie's Apple Bread recipe.
