Mini Soft Pretzels With Honey-mustard Dip

When the law was written on tablets of stone, there was a significant weakness. The weakness of the Old Covenant was not in the law. The weakness of the Old Covenant was the people’s hearts. They couldn’t keep the law because they lacked two basic ingredients. Both of them interestingly were mentioned in the Old Testament when God used His prophets to speak while under the Old Covenant of the coming New Covenant. First, as God said through Jeremiah, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it” (Jer. 31:34). The writing of the law went from tablets of stone to tablets of human hearts (2 Cor. 3:3). And second, as God said through Ezekiel, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances” (Eze. 36:27). We by far have greater power to obey the law with the fullness of the Holy Spirit dwelling within us as God says, “causing” us to obey. So there should be a radical difference between us and Israel. It’s not in the God we serve. It’s not in the desire to obey Him. It’s not in the faith of a Messiah to take away our sins. It’s not in a law that is given from God to be obeyed. It’s not even in a delight in that law. The difference is simply this. The Old Covenant is characterized by people who were stiff-necked and rebellious (Dt. 9:6; 10:16; 31:27), whereas the New Covenant is characterized by people who have soft hearts and the ability to obey.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

10	oz	Refrigerated pizza crust
1		Egg, lightly beaten
1/2	t	Salt
1	T	Caraway seeds or sesame
		seeds*
3/4	c	Mayonnaise
3	T	Dijon mustard
3	T	Honey

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 425Ã¸F. For mini pretzels, unroll pizza crust onto
flat side of 12" x 12" cutting board. Using pizza cutter, cut dough
lengthwise into eighteen 1/2" wide strips. Form each strip into
pretzel shape. Place on 15" round baking stone. In small bowl,  combine
egg and salt, brush onto dough using pastry brush. Sprinkle  with
seeds. Bake 10 - 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove  immediately
to nonstick cooling rack.  For honey-mustard dip, whisk together all
dip ingredients in 1 quart  batter bowl with whisk until well blended.
Serve with warm pretzels.  Yields 18 mini pretzels and 1 cup dip.
*Coarse salt may be substituted for seeds if desired.  Typed and Busted
by [email protected] 5/98  Recipe by: Pampered Chef  Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest by Carriej999 <[email protected]> on May  9, 1998

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