Ingredients
1 bread -- to fill dish 2/3
1 ful
2 cup skim milk
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs -- or 4 egg whites
2 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
Directions
Into a greased casserole dish break up enough bread to fill it 2/3
full. Over this pour 2/3 cup sugar, 2 Heaping Tbsp cocoa that have
been mixed together. Toss all together lightly ( to coat the bread).
To 2 cups of milk add 2 well beaten eggs and 1 tsp vanilla. Pour this
over the bread and it should just cover the pieces. Bake at 350 fo r
about 45 minutes. Serve with milk ... or with a lump of butter
melting into the nice warm pudding. or with Cool Whip, etc.
Recipe By : Net
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Beverages; Bread; Bread Pudding; Breads; Dessert
The History of Recipes
Historians have proved the existence of recipes far back into distant history, in fact as far as the early Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these old records were just basic hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for food preparation.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe found, according to food historians is a collection of stone 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 drinkers feel blissful. Progressing into The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote a collection of documents showing how to cook the recipes prepared by wealthy Romans. In his works, Apicius recounts how the meals were separated into starters, main meal and desserts, a style of dining still practiced today. Additionally, he informs us how the cooks of Roman times used a good variety of herbs and spices, including many that are still in use today such as basil, mint and parsley. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times we find two books dating from the fourteenth century ; a book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, they have no connection with the indian curry that is popular today, but instead recipes for the types of food enjoyed by the nobility of those days. In the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back many new spices and herbs from the Middle-East, including spices like parsley and basil. These new spices and herbs was responsible for an explosion in books on cookery, many of which are kept safe in private collections. Over the next few centuries, the powerful and wealthy strove to lay on the most exotic banquets, and as a result the best chefs and their recipe collections could command a high salary. Even so, it was during the 19th century that cookery and recipe collections reached a high level of popularity. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Farmer in the US, devoted their lives to collecting, verifying, and recording popular recipes of the day. By the arrival of the twentieth century, cookbooks are starting to become popular mostly due to increased literacy, people having increased leisure time and having more money to spend. |
We hope you enjoy this Cocoa Bread Pudding recipe.
