Ingredients
1/4 cup better for bread flour
3/4 cup wheat flour
1/3 cup instant nonfat dry milk
1 tbsp cocoa, unsweetened
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp gluten
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp instant coffee granules
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup walnuts or halved pecans broken
1 egg
2 tbsp canola, or veg. oil
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup apple juice heated with
4 tbsp water
2/3 cup dates, chopped
1/3 cup chocolate chips
Directions
1 pk Yeast Place all ingredients (EXCEPT DATES AND CHOCOLATE CHlPS)
into the pan in the order listed. Select white bread and push "Start"
(dough will seem overly soft at first). Add dates and chips at the
"beep," 88 minutes into the cycle(33 min. for DAK Turbo II Great
taste for everyone. With a dusting of confectioners' sugar, quarter-
round slices of this scrumptious bread can double as "brownies."
Shared by Barb Day
Servings: 15 servings
Chocolate Date-Nut Bread Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Bread; Breads; Chocolate; Dessert; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Recipes as a concept can be traced far back into history, in fact as far back into recorded history as pharonic Egypt, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, in the main part, these old cookbooks were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
In an interesting twist, the most ancient recipe found, according to historians is a series of ancient 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 making those who drank it feel wonderful and blissful. Progressing into Roman times 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote a number of documents showing how to cook the recipes prepared by his fellow Romans. In his scrolls, he recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into appetizers, entrees and desserts, a style of dining still practiced today. He also recounts how the Roman chefs made use of many different herbs and spices, including a few you will know such as thyme, mint and dill. Continuing our culinary historical journey, we find a couple of books which were published in the fourteenth century ; one book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. Although the titles sound familiar, these two books have no connection with the indian curry that is popular today, but instead recipes for the types of meals enjoyed by the rich and powerful of that time. Later on, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back many new foods and spices from the Middle-East, including spices like parsley and basil. The introduction of these new herbs and spices created an outbreak in books on cookery, many of which are now in private libraries. When we get to the twentieth century, cook books were starting to become popular as a result of increased literacy, people having increased leisure time and having more money. The TV revolution gave us celebrity TV chefs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. And that neatly brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, allowing us all to search through massive numbers of recipes like those on our web site. |
We hope you enjoy this Chocolate Date Nut Bread recipe.
