Ingredients
8 empty beer cans
2 tbsp soda
1 cup dates
2 cup beer
3 tbsp butter
1 cup maple syrup
1 tbsp vanilla
2 eggs
4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup pecans
Directions
Remove tops from beer cans with can opener; lightly oil insides.
Sprinkle soda on dates. Heat beer to boiling and pour over date/soda
mixture; set aside to cool. Cream together butter, maple syrup,
vanilla, and eggs. Stir in flour. Add nuts and cooled date mixture.
Spoon batter into cans, filling only 1/2 full. Bake with cans
standing up on cookie sheet, at 350 degrees for 15-30 minutes; look
for tops to split and test for doneness. Do not cut bread for 1 day;
bread may break up, if it is sliced while still warm.
Servings: 8 servings
Beer Can Date Bread Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Beer; Bread; Breads; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be tracked way back into the far past, in truth as far back into history as early Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that maybe, generally, these early records were just very basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing food.
In an interesting twist, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are some stone tablets in ancient Sumerian 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 drinkers feel blissful. Later on, in The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius assembled a collection of scripts which described recipes enjoyed by wealthy roman citizens. In his works, Apicius recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into hors d`oeuvre, main meal and dessert, a very modern way of dining. He also recounts how the cooks of his times used a wide range of aromatic flavors, including a few you will know for example bay, mint and dill. Later on, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many new foods and herbs from Arab cooking, including spices like parsley, basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new culinary ideas prompted an eruption in publications on food, the majority of which are now in private libraries. Over the succeeding few centuries, the upper-class families of Wesstern Europe tried to serve the most extravagent meals, and as a consequence, the best chefs and their collection of recipes were highly sought after. However, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cookery and cookery books rose to prominence. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the US, dedicated their lives to assembling, trying out, and writing down recipes common in their social group. When we get to the 20th century, cooking books are increasing in popularity mostly as a result of more people being able to read, people having increased free time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Beer Can Date Bread recipe.
