Ghouribi (moroccan Sugar Cookies)

Men may be seeking religion, a way to sooth a guilty conscience, or some way to resolve their problems and to feel good about themselves, but men do not seek God on their own. When the church's regular worship services are redesigned as seeker services to emphasize evangelism, (contrary to God's pattern found in Ephesians 4), the result is that the saints are hearing the gospel fifty two Sundays a year, and are not being built up in the faith. Redesigning the main church service in order to appeal to the lost is a departure from God's plan. It may be appealing to men, it may add to the "numbers," but is it not a better idea to design the church and worship services after the pattern set by the One truly responsible for the increase (I Cor.3:6)?... The Biblical pattern is that the regular meetings of the church were primarily for the believers, not for the lost. When the gathering of the saints was over, THEN evangelism was to begin in earnest!

J. Delany

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Moroccan	Purim, Z-	30	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Vegetable oil or butter
1	c	Sugar
3	c	Unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3	c	Finely ground walnuts or
		almonds
		Cinnamon

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly flour an ungreased cookie
sheet. Place oil and sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Gradually  add
the flour, a cup at a time, and knead well. Blend in the nuts.  When
the dough feels mooth, use the palm of your hand to roll it into  balls
the size of an egg. Pat into a round cookie about 2- inches in
diameter. The cookies should not be flat. Place on the cookie sheet
and sprinkle the center of each cookie with cinnamon. Bake for 25 to
30 minutes. Do not let the cookies become even slightly brown; they
must remain off-white.  *A Turkish variation uses cocoa instead of
cinnamon and is sprinkled  with powdered sugar. These cookies can also
be shaped into crescents.  NOTE: On Purim morning, Moroccan Jews
decorate their tables with  flowers and sweet delicacies such as
ghouribi. Children especially  enjoy making thes treats as they can
roll the dough with their hands.  SOURCE: The Jewish Holiday Kitchen by
Joan Nathan p. 227 Schocken  Books NY ISBN 0-8052-0900-X  Recipe by:
The Jewish Holiday Kitchen by Joan Nathan p.229  1988  Posted to
JEWISH-FOOD digest by Linda Shapiro <lss@coconet.com> on  Feb 20, 1998

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