A broken, leaping heart will love like Jesus. And the power of the love will be proportionate to the felt fearfulness of our nearness to destruction. The keener the memory of our awful rescue, the more naturally we pity those in a similar plight. The more deeply we feel how undeserved and free was the grace that plucked us from the flames; the freer will be our benevolence to sinners. We do not love as passionately as we ought because our belief in these things is not real. So our pride is not broken and our demeanor not lowly. And we do not look with aching and longing on the crowds that pass us in the airport or the straying members of our flock.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Vegetables			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	pk	Active dry yeast
2	c	Warm water; (105 F to 115 F)
1/2	c	Sugar
1	tb	Salt
2		Eggs
1/4	c	Vegetable oil
6		1/2 cups all-purpose flour*; up to 6
		Vegetable oil
		Margarine or butter; softened

INSTRUCTIONS

Dissolve yeast in warm water in large mixing bowl. Stir in sugar, salt,
eggs, 1/4 cup oil and 3 cups of the flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough
remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 8
to 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. (At this point,
dough can be refrigerated 3 to 4 days.) Cover; let rise in warm place until
double, about 1 hour. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)
Punch down dough; divide into halves. Roll each half into rectangle, 18x9
inches. Roll up tightly, beginning at 9-inch side. Press with thumbs to
seal after each turn. Pinch edge firmly to seal. Press each end with side
of hand to seal; fold ends under loaf. Place loaf, seam side down, in
greased baking pan, 9x5x3 inches. Brush with oil. Let rise until double,
about 1 hour.
Heat oven to 375 F Bake until loaves are deep golden brown and sound hollow
when tapped, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from pans. Brush with margarine; cool
on wire rack.
*If using self-rising flour omit salt.
VARIATION: Country Cinnamon-Raisin Bread: Divide dough into halves. Knead
1/2 cup raisins into each half Roll 2 loaves each half into rectangle, 18x9
inches. Brush with oil. Mix 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon;
sprinkle over rectangles. Continue as directed.
Recipe by: Betty Crocker's Best of Baking
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #980 by "M. Hicks" <nitro_ii@email.msn.com>
on Jan 3, 1998

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