It is a most lamentable thing to see how most people spend their time and their energy for trifles, while God is cast aside. He who is all seems to them as nothing, and that which is nothing seems to them as good as all. It is lamentable indeed, knowing that God has set mankind in such a race where heaven or hell is their certain end, that they should sit down and loiter, or run after the childish toys of the world, forgetting the prize they should run for. Were it but possible for one of us to see this business as the all-seeing God does, and see what most men and women in the world are interested in and what they are doing every day, it would be the saddest sight imaginable. Oh, how we should marvel at their madness and lament their self-delusion! If God had never told them what they were sent into the world to do, or what was before them in another world, then there would have been some excuse. But it is His sealed word, and they profess to believe it.

Richard Baxter

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Not, Sent	36	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3/4	c	Sugar
3/4	c	Butter; softened
1		Egg
1	ts	Almond extract
1 2/3	c	All-purpose flour
1/3	c	Cocoa

INSTRUCTIONS

In large mixer bowl combine sugar and butter. Beat at medium speed until
creamy (1-2 minutes). Add egg and almond extract; continue beating until
well mixed (1 minute). Reduce speed to low; beat, gradually adding flour
and cocoa, scraping bowl often, until well mixed (1-2 minutes).
Divide dough into thirds. Wrap each third in waxed paper; refrigerate until
firm. (1-2 hours).
Heat oven to 375°. With floured hands, shape dough, one-third at a time
(keep remaining dough refrigerated) into 1-inch balls. Form balls into
desired shapes (balls, squares, logs, etc.) or use cookie press*. Place
1-inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until set (surface
may crack slightly). Cool. Decorate if desired.
NOTES : If you are using a cookie press, dough does not need to be
refrigerated.
Recipe by: Land O' Lakes
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #412 by The Taillons
<[email protected]> on Nov 23, 1997

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