I doubt, indeed, whether we have any warrant for saying that a man can possibly be converted without being consecrated to God!... If he was not consecrated to God in the very day that he was converted and born again, I do not know what conversion means. Are not men in danger of undervaluing and underrating the immense blessedness of conversion? Are they not, when they urge on believers the “higher life” as a second conversion, underrating the length, and breadth, and depth, and height, of that great first chapter which Scripture calls the new birth, the new creation, the spiritual resurrection? I may be mistaken. But I have sometimes thought, while reading the strong language used by many about “consecration,” in the last few years, that those who use it must have had preciously a singularly low and inadequate view of “conversion,” if indeed they knew anything about conversion at all. In short, I have almost suspected that when they were consecrated, they were in reality converted for the first time.

J.C. Ryle

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Breads, Desserts	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Bread flour
1/4	c	Water
1/4	c	Sugar
1		Egg; or 1/4 cup egg sub.
1/4	ts	Salt
1 1/2	ts	Act. dry yeast
1/4	c	Margarine Combine
8	oz	Cream cheese; softened . I prefer 4 oz
1/8	c	Sugar, and
2	tb	Almond Extract

INSTRUCTIONS

ALMOND FILLING
Make on dough cycle and remove to greased bowl. Rest in refrigerater 30
min.  Knead breifly on floured board and roll into 15x10 in. rectangle.
Spread filling leaving 1/2 inch border on all sides. Starting long side,
roll into jellyroll and tuck and seal ends. Seal long seam and place on
greased baking sheet, shaping into horseshoe. Cut slits with scissors
through top of dough at 2 inch intervals. Cover and let rise in warm place
till double in bulk, about 45 minutes. Brush top with beaten egg or egg
sub. and bke in preheated oven 375 degrees for 15 to 20 min. till>>>>>>
golden.  Cool slightly and drizzle with powdered sugar glaze. ALMOND
FILLING: Combine in small bowl and mix to spreading consistency. You may
add more extract and sugar to taste. Also you may use 1 T. milk or more to
thin depending on type of cream cheese.
For a really festive one add candied cherries in slits and sprinkle with
sliced almonds before baking. ~--
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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