Name: Raisin Mint Ice-Cream
Ingredients: 3 c Milk; 1/2 c Sugar; 2 tb Flour; 3 Sprigs spearmint; 1 tb Chopped spearmint; 1/4 ts Salt; 1/2 ts Vanilla; 1 c Raisins

Many Christians in many evangelical churches these days are confessionally challenged in that they are either cynical, critical, or altogether skeptical of all things confessional — confessional documents, confessional churches, and confessional Christians. We might hear confessionally challenged Christians say things, such as “My only creed is Christ” or “I don’t need theology, just give me Jesus” or “Confessions divide, Christ unites.” Such Christians are actually under the impression that their churches don’t have confessions, when in truth every church has a confession, though it may not be written down and though it may constantly change according to the whims and fancies of the pastor. They have been somehow deceived into thinking that all of the various historic Reformed confessions only serve to divide the church of its unity and disarm the Bible of its authority. Nothing could be further from the truth, for what is so amazing about Reformed confessions in general is not how different they are from one another but how similar they are — how they each use biblical language in affirming the faith once delivered to the saints.

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Desserts, 1941	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Milk
1/2	c	Sugar
2	tb	Flour
3		Sprigs spearmint
1	tb	Chopped spearmint
1/4	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Vanilla
1	c	Raisins

INSTRUCTIONS

Steam raisins until plump.  Drain.  Cool.  Scald 2 cups milk with sprigs of
mint.  Combine sugar, flour, and salt with 1/4 cup cold milk. Add to
scalded milk. Cook over hot water, stirring constantly, until thick. Remove
from fire.  Cool.  Remove mint. Add 3/4 cup cold milk, flavoring, and
chopped spearmint.  Pour into freezer. Partially freeze. Add raisins.
Continue freezing until firm. If desired, spearmint flavoring may be
substituted for fresh spearmint. 8 servings. Ruth Green, Fresno, CA.
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