Ingredients
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt (opt)
2 cup quaker oats (quick or old-fashioned, , uncooked)
2 cup quaker 100% natural flavor, any fla, vor
1 whole blanched almonds
Directions
Heat oven to 375'F. Beat margarine and sugars in large bowl until
fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, baking
powder and salt; add to margarine mixture and mix well. Stir in oats
and cereal.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls, 2" apart, onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Press 1 almond onto each cookie. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden
brown. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. Cool
completely. Store tightly covered.
Makes 6 dozen cookies.
Servings: 72 servings
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The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be observed back into ancient history, certainly as far back as the early Egyptians, and maybe even further. Interesting though that is, generally, these old cookbooks were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for food preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe found, according to academics are a few clay tablets in Sumerian describing the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made people feel `blissful`. Continuing our culinary historical journey, we have a couple of interesting recipe books dating from the 1300s ; a cookery book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these books are nothing to do with the indian food that we all know today, but instead recipes for the types of meals prepared by the cooks of the nobility of that period. Over the succeeding few hundred years, the rich families of the West competed with each other to serve the most exotic banquets, and as a result chefs and their recipe collections were at a premium. However, it wasn`t until the 1800s that haute cuisine and recipe books rose to prominence. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Farmer in the US, spent years to collecting, trying out, and writing down recipes to allow everyone to enjoy them. When we get to the twentieth century, cooking publications were in high demand, mostly due to increased literacy, increased leisure time and having more disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Christmas Treasure Nuggets recipe.
