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Our self-abnegation is thus not for our own sake but for the sake of others. And thus it is not to mere self-denial that Christ calls us but specifically to self-sacrifice, not to unselfing ourselves but to unselfishing ourselves. Self-denial for its own sake is in its very nature ascetic, monkish. It concentrates our whole attention on self—self-knowledge, self-control - and can therefore eventuate in nothing other than the very apotheosis of selfishness. At best it succeeds only in subjecting the outer self to the inner self or the lower self to the higher self, and only the more surely falls into the slough of self-seeking, that it partially conceals the selfishness of its goal by refining its ideal of self and excluding its grosser and more outward elements. Self-denial, then, drives to the cloister, narrows and contracts the soul, murders within us all innocent desires, dries up all the springs of sympathy, and nurses and coddles our self-importance until we grow so great in our own esteem as to be careless of the trials and sufferings, the joys and aspirations, the strivings and failures and successes of our fellow-men. Self-denial, thus understood, will make us cold, hard, unsympathetic—proud, arrogant, self-esteeming—fanatical, overbearing, cruel. It may make monks and Stoics, it cannot make Christians.

B.B. Warfield

Baci Di Dama (orange Almond Cookies)

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	Italian	Cookie	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Ground blanched almonds
1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Minced candied orange peel
1	c	All-purpose flour, sifted
6		up to
8	T	Milk
1/2	c	Semi-sweet chocolate pieces
		melted

INSTRUCTIONS

Recipe By     : The Encyclopedia of Italian Cooking  Put the ground
almonds in a bowl with the sugar, orange peel and all  but 1 tbsp of
the flour.  Mix well, then stire in enough milk to give  a smooth, firm
dough.  Roll into small balls and place, well apart, on a  baking shet
lined  with greased wax paper.  Sprinkle with the remaining flour, and
bake  in a preheated moderate oven 350 degrees, for 15 minutes or until
golden brown.  Transfer to a wire rack to cool.  When cold, sandwich
the cookies  together in pairs with the melted chocolate.   Chill in
the fridge  for1 hour before serving. Makes 12-15.
MC-RECIPE@MASTERCOOK.COM  MASTERCOOK RECIPES LIST SERVER  From the
MasterCook recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe  Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 198 Calories From Fat: 76 Total Fat: 9g Cholesterol: <1mg Sodium: 1096.1mg Potassium: 265.6mg Carbohydrates: 23.8g Fiber: 1.9g Sugar: 9.4g Protein: 7.5g