Ingredients
FILLING
8 granny smith apples
3 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 cup whole cranberries
3 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp butter, melted
2/3 cup brown sugar
TOPPING
2/3 cup oats
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, in 1/2 squares
Directions
Peel and slice apples and put in lemon juice. Then add all other
filling ingredients and mix in a bowl. Make topping in separate bowl.
Put apple mixture in pie shell. Sprinkle topping on liberally. Place
butter squares on pie. Bake at 300 deg. for 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.
Servings: 8 servings
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Categories: Apple; Apple Pie; Cranberry; Dessert; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be traced far back into history, at least as far as pharonic Egypt, and possibly even further than that. In practice though, generally, these ancient cook books were just primitive pictorial recipes for meal preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to experts is a series of stone tablets in Sumerian which show the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made those who drank it feel wonderful and blissful. During the time of the Romans a roman called Apicius wrote a number of documents describing recipes enjoyed by wealthy roman citizens. He recounts how the roman meals were separated into hors d`oeuvre, main meal and desserts, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. Aspicius also informs us how the ancient chefs made use of a good variety of spices, including some that we all recognise for example basil, mint and parsley. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we find a couple of interesting books published in the 14th Century ; a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Don`t be fooled by the titles though, these have no connection with the indian curry that is served today, but instead accounts of the types of meals prepared for the rich and wealthy people of the time. Later on, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back many foods and spices from Arab cuisine, such as parsley and basil. These new culinary innovations prompted an explosion in books on cooking, the majority of which are kept safe in private cookery archives. Over the next few hundred years, the powerful and rich houses competed with each other to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and because of this cooks and their recipe collections became highly prized. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cooking and cookery books reached a high level of popularity. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, dedicated years of their lives to collecting, testing, and writing down recipes common in their social group. When we get to the 20th century, cook books were in high demand, as a result of higher levels of literacy, people having more spare time and disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Apple Pie Cranberry recipe.
