“Abba” is only a little word, and yet contains everything. It is not the mouth but the heart’s affection which speaks like this. Even if I am oppressed with anguish and terror on every side, and seem to be forsaken and utterly cast away from Your presence, yet am I Your child, and You are my Father. For Christ’s sake: I am loved because of the Beloved. So this little word, “Abba,” Father, deeply felt in the heart, surpasses all the eloquence of Demosthenes, Cicero, and the most eloquent speakers that ever lived. This matter is not expressed with words, but with groanings, and these groanings cannot be uttered with any words of eloquence, for no tongue can express them.

Martin Luther

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Dessert	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	(8-oz) cream cheese
1	lg	Egg yolk
1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Dried apricots; chopped
10		Phyllo leaves; at room temp
1/2	c	Butter; melted
1/2	c	Ground blanched almonds
		Confectioner's sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Beat cream cheese, yolk and sugar on medium speed with an electric mixer
until smooth. Set aside.
On a large towel, place 1 sheet phyllo, brush lightly with butter,
sprinkle with some almonds; cover with another sheet of phyllo. Repeat
butter, almonds and sheets of phyllo, reserving a little butter for the
top. With the long side of the pastry facing you and starting at the short
side, spread cheese mixture evenly over 3/4 of the pastry, leaving 1-inch
border on all sides. Fold up borders; starting from filled short end, roll,
using the towel to roll and guide it.
Place the strudel on a greased baking sheet. Brush with butter. Make small
holes with a toothpick. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes; reduce heat to
350 and bake for 30 minutes more, until golden brown. Sprinkle with
confectioner's sugar.
From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc.  Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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