That hundreds have missed their way, and stumbled against a pulpit is sorrowfully evident from the fruitless ministries and decaying churches which surround us. It is a fearful calamity to a man to miss his calling, and to the church upon whom he imposes himself his mistake involves an affliction of the most grievous kind…(if anyone) could be content to be a newspaper editor, or a grocer, or a farmer, or a doctor, or a lawyer, or a senator, or a king, in the name of heaven and earth let him go his way; he is not the man in whom dwells the Spirit of God in its fullness, for a man so filled with God would utterly weary of any pursuit but that for which his inmost soul pants. If on the other hand, you can say that for all the wealth of both the Indies you could not and dare not espouse any other calling so as to be put aside from preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, then, depend upon it, if other things be equally satisfactory, you have the signs of this apostleship. We must feel that woe is unto us if we preach not the gospel; the Word of God must be unto us as fire in our bones, otherwise, if we undertake the ministry, we shall be unhappy in it, shall be unable to bear the self-denials incident to it, and shall be of little service to those among whom we minister.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Cookies, Chocolate, Low-fat/low	36	Servings

INGREDIENTS

7 1/2	oz	All-purpose flour
2	oz	Cocoa Powder
1	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Salt
8	oz	Chocolate — broken in 16
		Pcs
4	oz	Unsweetened Chocolate —
		Broken in 8 pcs
12	oz	Light Brown Sugar
6	oz	Unsalted Butter
3		Eggs
1	ts	Vanilla
1 1/2	lb	Chocolate Chips

INSTRUCTIONS

[Note: Instead of the unsweetened chocolate, I just used an extra 4ozs of
plain chocolate, and got perfect results. I think as long as you're using
*really* good plain chocolate, say at least 55% cocoa solids, it doesn't
really matter!]
Preheat the oven to 325F / 170C / Gas 3.
Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, and salt. Set
aside.
Heat 1 inch of water in the bottom half of a double boiler over medium
heat. Place the plain and the unsweetened chocolates in the top half of the
double boiler. Tightly cover the top with cling film and allow to heat for
12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir until smooth. Keep at room
temperature until needed.
Place the soft light brown sugar and butter in the bowl of an electric
mixer fitted with a paddle. Beat on medium for 1 minute. Scrape down the
bowl and beat on high for an additional 30 seconds. Scrape down the bowl.
Add the eggs, one at a time, while beating on medium, and stopping to
scrape down the bowl after incorporating each addition. Add the vanilla
essence and beat on medium for 30 seconds. Add the melted chocolate and
beat on low for 10 seconds more. Scrape down the bowl and beat for an
additional 30 seconds. Add the sifted flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of
soda, and salt, and the chocolate chips, and beat on low until thoroughly
combined - about 20 to 30 seconds. Remove the bowl from the mixer and mix
thoroughly with a rubber spatula.
Portion 6 to 8 biscuits per baking sheet by dropping 2 level tablespoons of
batter per biscuit onto each of 2 non-stick baking sheets. Place the
biscuits on the top and middle shelves of the preheated oven and bake for
18 to 22 minutes, rotating the sheets from top to bottom about halfway
through the baking time. Allow the biscuits to cool for 5 to 6 minutes on
the baking sheets. Transfer the biscuits to a cooling rack to thoroughly
cool before storing in a sealed plastic container. Repeat this
procedure until all the biscuits have been baked.
Makes 3 to 3.  5 dozen biscuits
>From Marcel Desaulniers' "Death By Chocolate"
Recipe By: Paul Vincent <KNDUSR18@MSMAIL-GATEWAY. UNIVERSITY-CENTRAL- EN
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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