Date Or Raisin Bran Muffins

Since this drawing of people by the Father to the Son is always efficacious, it cannot refer to the so-called enabling grace of Arminianism. Do you recall what the Arminian believes? He believes that God restores in all men a power or an ability sufficient to enable them to come to Christ. Clearly this “universal enablement” cannot be the drawing that Jesus describes, Why not? Because millions and millions of men and women do not, in fact, come to Christ! And yet Jesus says that all who are given by the Father are drawn by the Father and shall come to Christ. There is no escaping the clear and unequivocal language of our Lord Jesus Christ: no one can come unless drawn by the Father; but if one is drawn by the Father he shall come.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Eggs, Dairy, Vegetables		Breads, Breakfast, Muffins	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Wheat/Oat Bran cereal
1	c	Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1/2	t	Salt
1/2	c	Seedless Raisins *
1		Large Egg
3/4	c	Milk
2 1/2	t	Baking Powder
1/4	c	Granulated Sugar
1/2	c	Chopped Walnuts
1/4	c	Vegetable Oil

INSTRUCTIONS

Finely chopped pitted dates may be substituted to get Date Muffins.
Mix cereal and milk.  Let stand a few minutes until most of the milk
is absorbed.  Grease 12 2 1/2-inch muffin cups.  Heat oven to 400
degrees F.  Sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a
medium-sized bowl.  Stir to mix well.  Add dates/raisins and nuts; toss
to mix.  Add egg and oil to soaked cereal and beat well with a fork.
Pour into  flour mixture and stir only until dry ingredients are
moistened.  Batter will be lumpy.  Drop batter into prepared pans,
filling each cup half to two-thirds  full.  Bake about 30 minutes, or
until browned.  Remove from pan and serve  hot with butter and jelly or
preserves.  From The Redbook Bread Book and Farm Journal's Complete
Home Baking  Book. File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/muffins.zip

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 482 Calories From Fat: 222 Total Fat: 25.7g Cholesterol: 50.2mg Sodium: 638mg Potassium: 334.6mg Carbohydrates: 57.8g Fiber: 2.6g Sugar: 27.5g Protein: 9.2g

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