Because God’s eternal purposes may require the forfeiture of earthly benefits, we cannot make temporal rewards the chief motive of our obedience. Such rewards are not absolutely promised in Scripture and would be unsuitable as the chief aim of our lives. If Christians always received material blessing as a recompense for obedience, then it would be impossible to separate personal duty from divine bribery. Christianity would become merely a bartering system for personal gain. God’s ends are not so shortsighted or earthbound.

Bryan Chapell

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Breads	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Unsalted Butter — softened
2	c	Sugar
2		Egg Yolks
1/2	ts	Vanilla
1/4	ts	Almond Extract flour
1 1/3	c	Blanched Almonds — toasted
		& chop fine
1		Jar Apricot Jam — (10 Oz.)

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks
and vanilla and almond extracts. Mix in flour until the mixture forms a
soft dough. Divide dough in half. Press one half into a 15 x 10 jelly roll
pan. Spread evenly with jam. Cover completely with remaining dough (flatten
pieces with hands and patch on top of jam).  Bake 30 minutes or until
golden brown.
Recipe By     :
From: Ladies Home Journal- August 1991
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

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