Ingredients
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 egg
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup crispie rice cereal
Directions
In a large mixing bowl stir together peanut butter, egg, sugar and
vanilla. When well blended, quickly stir in cereal.
Roll into 1 inch balls. Place on a cookie sheet and flatten with
tines of a fork. Bake at 350 F for about 10 minutes. Do not remove
from pan until slightly cooled.
Source: Co-op grocery store advertising, September 1993 Shared and
tested by Elizabeth Rodier
Servings: 24 servings
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The History of Recipes
It is actually possible to trace the history of written recipes back into antiquity, in truth as far as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that is, these, early recipes were just basic pictorial instructions for preparing meals.
Interestingly, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to experts is a series of tablets in Sumerian which show the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who drank it feel `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. Moving on, there were some books published in the 14th Century - a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. Don`t be fooled by the titles though, they are unconnected to the spicy food that appears on menues today, but instead descriptions of the types of food served to the rich and wealthy people of the time. Later, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought us a variety of foods and spices from Arab countries, such as coriander, parsley, and basil. The introduction of these new foods and spices was responsible for an eruption in cookery books, some of which are now in academic collections. During the next few hundred years, the rich and powerful families of Wesstern Europe strove to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and as a consequence, cooks and their recipes became highly prized. Notwithstanding that, it was during the 19th century the formal cooking and recipe publications rose to prominence. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Farmer in the US, spent years to assembling, verifying, and publishing popular recipes of the day. By the time we get to the twentieth century, cookery books were greatly in demand as a result of more people being able to read, people having more free time and disposable income. Like it or not, the introduction of TV brings us TV chefs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. Which pretty much brings us up to date and the internet revolution, allowing everybody to access massive numbers of recipes just like those on our web site. |
We hope you enjoy this Peanut Crisps recipe.
