Jesus did not accept religious people. In fact, He kept His fiercest threats for them. You see, Jesus was not about sentimentality; He was about truth. Jesus is truth personified. He is the living manifestation of the holy law of God, and as such, He perfectly understood that religion, spiritual teaching, contrary to the truth comes from hell and sends people there. Anything but the truth is a damning deception that has the greatest power to destroy souls forever because it gives the illusion that all is well. In fact, I would go so far as to say that of all the evils in the world, of all the sins in the world, of all the iniquities in the world, our Lord knew that religion was the worst — false religion — and especially false Judaism and false Christianity. And that's why the severest eternal judgment will be rendered for the religious who perverted the Old Testament and the New Testament.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Eggs	Jewish		12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Granulated sugar
1	c	Hazelnuts, unhusked
3	tb	All purpose flour
1	ts	Grated lemon peel
1 1/2	tb	Apricot jam
2		Egg whites
1/4	ts	Almond extract (or to individual preference) (up to 1/3)
1		Egg white beaten to blend
3/4	c	Sliced almonds, coarsely chopped or left whole
		Semi-sweet chocolate (melted) for decorating cookies

INSTRUCTIONS

DOUGH
GLAZE
(recipe adapted from Bon Apetite magazine, but played with a lot)
yield 12 regular size horns or 48 miniature horseshoes
Grind sugar, hazelnuts, flour and lemon peel to powder in processor.  Blend
in jam and one egg white, stopping to scraped down dies of bowl.  With
machine running gradually mix in enough of second egg white to form stiff
paste.  Transfer mixture to double boiler over gently simmering water. Stir
with wooden spoon until mixture softens and some of sugar dissolves, about
6 minutes.  Stir in almond extract  Transfer paste to shallow pan. Press
plastic wrap onto surface of paste and refrigerate.
Preheat oven to 3500F.  Butter and flour baking sheet or cover baking sheet
with parchment paper.
For regular size cookies:  Cut dough into 12 pieces.  Roll each piece into
3-inch long cylinder, tapering ends, chill.  Roll in lightly beaten egg
white glaze and then in the sliced almonds. Bend into crescent shapes.
Arrange on prepared sheet spacing 2 inches apart.  Bake until pale golden,
about 15 minutes.  Set sheet on rack and let crescents cool to warm.
Transfer to rack and cool completely.  Melt semi-sweet chocolate and allow
to cool.  Dip tips of cookies into chocolate and place on rack to harden.
May be refrigerated to set chocolate.  Store in airtight container.
For miniature cookies :  Roll balls of dough about the size of a walnut and
chill.  Make into cylinders and chill again.  Roll cylinders in egg white
and chopped nuts, shape into horseshoes.  Arrange on prepared cookie sheets
and bake 8-10 minutes.  Cool as above.  Dip ends in melted chocolate and
cool or refrigerate to set.
Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V96 #80
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 15:18:26 -0500
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