Ingredients
1 cup cranberries
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1 egg beaten
1/4 tsp orange rind
3/4 cup orange juice
1/3 cup butter -=or=- margarine melted
1/4 cup nuts chopped
Directions
Coarsely chop cranberries, sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar & set aside.
Preheat oven to 375oF, prepare pans. Combine flour, 2nd measure
sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon & allspice. In another bowl
combine egg, orange rind & juice and melted butter. Add dry mix to
wet mix & stir to moisten. Fold in cranberry mixture & nuts. Spoon
into pans & bake for 15-20 mins or until golden. Makes 9 large
muffins.
Servings: 9 servings
Christmas Morning Cranberry Muffins Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Bread; Breads; Christmas; Cranberry; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be found far back into the far past, in fact as far back into recorded history as the ancient Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. However, sadly, these old cookbooks were just very basic pictorial recipes for food preparation.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe discovered, according to food historians is a collection of tablets in the Sumerian language describing the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel wonderful. Progressing into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a roman called Apicius created a number of documents showing how to cook the recipes prepared by the Romans. In his works, Apicius describes how the meals were divided into hors d`oeuvres, main course and desserts, something we still use today. Additionally, he tells us how the Roman cooks were skilled in the use of a wide range of spices and herbs, including many that are still in use today like bay, mint and dill. Over the following few centuries, the families of Europe strove to lay on the most exotic banquets, and consequentially cooks and their recipe collections could command a high salary. Nevertheless, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that cookery and recipe books reached a high level of popularity. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to assembling, testing, and recording recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. When we get to the 1900s, cookbooks were starting to become popular mostly due to better eduction, people having more spare time and having more money to spend. |
We hope you enjoy this Christmas Morning Cranberry Muffins recipe.
