Ingredients
1 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
3/4 lb powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Directions
Beat butter until light and fluffy, then beat in 2 tablespoons of the
sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and almonds. Gradually add flour, beating to
blend thoroughly. Pinch off pieces of dough the size of large
walnuts and rolls between your palms into round balls. Place 1 1/2
inches apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten each ball slightly.
Bake in a 275F oven until very lightly browned (about 45 minutes).
Let cool on baking sheets until lukewarm. Sift half the remaining
powdered sugar onto a large sheet of wax paper. Roll each cookie
gently in sugar. Wtih your fingers, pack more sugar all over cookies
to a depth of about 1/8 inch. Place cookies on wire racks and dust
generaouly with more powdered sugar; let cool completely. Store in
airtight containers, layter between sheets of wax paper. Makes 3
dozen.
Servings: 1 servings
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The History of Recipes
Recipes as an idea can be observed far back into history, certainly as far into history as the early Egyptians, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these ancient records were just primitive pictorial recipes for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe found, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are a few stone tablets in 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 having made anyone who drank it feel wonderful and blissful. As we move into The time of the roman empire 25BC a roman called Apicius created a collection of scripts detailing recipes cooked by wealthy roman citizens. He tells us how the meals of wealthy Romans were divided into starters, main course and afters, a style of dining still practiced today. Additionally, he describes how the ancient chefs used many different herbs and spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs for example bay, fennel and asafoetida. As our culinary historical trip moves on a few more years there were two recipe books published in the 1300s : one book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are a little misleading though, they are unconnected to the spicy food that is popular today, but instead recipes for the types of food prepared by the chefs of the rich and wealthy people of those days. In the fifteenth century, people returning from the crusades brought us many foods and spices from the East, such as parsley, basil and rosemary. These new culinary innovations was responsible for a torrent in cookery books, many of which are now in private libraries. By the arrival of the 20th century, cookery books are in great demand, as a result of increased literacy, more free time and being a little richer. The introduction of television gave us TV cookery programs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. Which pretty much brings us up to date and the internet revolution, permitting us all to access thousands of recipes like those on our web site. |
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