Name: Chocolate Oatmeal Walnut Cookies
Ingredients: 4 oz Herhsey's Unsweetened Baking; Chocolate -- broken into pi; 3/4 c Butter Or Margarine --; Softened; 2 c Sugar; 2 Eggs; 1 ts Vanilla Extract; 2 c All-Purpose Flour; 1 ts Baking Soda; 1 ts Ground Cinnamon --; (optional); 1/2 ts Salt; 1/2 c Milk; 3 c Regular Or Quick-Cooking; Rolled Oats; 1 1/2 c Walnuts -- coarsely chopped

There is an in-between-ness to this life. God gives us great promises in the gospel. Then He calls us to wait for their fulfillment. He doesn’t give us everything right away. He calls us to wait. In between the giving and the fulfilling of God’s promises, the waiting can be hard. Sometimes it can seem impossible to endure, because what we’re stuck in for now doesn’t just fall short of God’s great promises. Our experience can be the opposite of God’s great promises. Living in-between is not easy. But God’s greatest gift is not always what we think. God’s greatest gift is Himself. And He does give Himself right now. His own reality and presence and nearness and immediacy and smile: “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted” (Psalm 34:18), “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth” (Psalm 145:18). That is not a consolation prize, not something we have to settle for. There is nothing greater in all this world. We don’t understand how God draws near and we can’t control Him. But this is real, very real, very wonderful. As we stumble forward, God’s real presence gives us strength to wait without self-pity but with resilient good cheer.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains	Baden	Cookies, Chocolate	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	oz	Herhsey's Unsweetened Baking
		Chocolate — broken into pi
3/4	c	Butter Or Margarine —
		Softened
2	c	Sugar
2		Eggs
1	ts	Vanilla Extract
2	c	All-Purpose Flour
1	ts	Baking Soda
1	ts	Ground Cinnamon —
		(optional)
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Milk
3	c	Regular Or Quick-Cooking
		Rolled Oats
1 1/2	c	Walnuts — coarsely chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 350 F.  Lightly grease cookie sheet.  In small microwave-safe
bowl, place chocolate. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until
chocolate is melted when stirred; cool slightly. In large mixer bowl, beat
butter and sugar until well blended. Add eggs; blenbd well. Blend in
vanilla and melted chocolate. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon if desired,
and salt; blend just until moistened. Gradually add milk, blending well.
Stir in oats and walnuts. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie
cheet.  Bake 10 to 11 minutes or just until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from
cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 5 dozen cookies.
[Hershey's Unsweetened Baking Chocolate, 8 oz. box, inside
Recipe By     : "C. Baden" <hazel@NETCOM.  COM>
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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