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Posted on 11/30/2011 10:24:07 PM PST by JustAmy
I Love the Kareoke music that the reindeer is playing, Amy. Hope you are having at least a “little” peacefulness and relaxing time, these days! *HUGS*
They do seem fascinated with them....lots of shiny things to play with! :)
Meg, I remeber some wonderful Sleigh Rides and Hay Rides - singing Christmas Carols and drinking hot chocolate and munching down on confectioner’s sugar donuts! Thanks for the memories!
Oh, Amy! I am so sorry about your cousin’s death, and the injury to your BIL! I am praying for both families, and also yours! *HUGS*
I sure would love to hang it on your door if it were at all
possible. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! (((HUGS)))
Sounded delicious and your pic looks yummy!
APRICOT BREAD
3 cups flour
2 t. soda
2 cups water
1 lb. diced apricots
2 cups sugar
3/4 cups wesson oil
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup coarsley chopped pecans
Combine water, apricots, cinnamon, sugar & oil
boil 5 mins and let cool. Add flour, soda, and salt into cooled mixture.
Add eggs & pecans. Mix and pour into 2 5x9 loaf pans, greased and floured.
Bake 350 for one hour.
Sounds wonderful. I will copy that to my recipe files! And
thank you!! (do you use the dried apricots or fresh ones?)
Sounds wonderful! Do you use dried - or fresh - or canned apricots?
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This is really good!
CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE
2 coffee measures ground espresso coffee
2/3 cup boiling water
Make a strong extract of espresso with coffee and boiling water. Measure ½ cup and cool.
(I just use strong coffee)
3 packages (8 ounces each) softened cream cheese
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 package (8 ounces) semisweet chocolate squares melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In large bowl beat cream cheese, sugar, and eggs until blended.
Beat in sour cream, chocolate, espresso concentrate and vanilla. Pour into lined springform pan.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes until puffed at sides.
(soft center will firm up during cooling) Cool, then chill 3 or more hours until firm in center. Remove side of pan.
CRUST
Crush 24 chocolate wafers into fine crumbs. Mix with ¼ cup soft butter or margarine and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon until crumbly. Press into 8 inch springform pan
I use the Oreo Pie Crust...put it in the springform pan. (I’m using 9” pan)
I use dried apricots.
Thanks a lot. I have it already filed.
Thank you Lonestar! I have saved it, and will be making it soon!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, ML!
Santa riding a Harley...I LOVE it!
Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan rightly observes that Christianity is unique among all religions for it is about God’s pursuit of us to draw us to Himself. In every other religious system, people pursue their god, hoping that through good behavior, keeping of rituals, good works, or other efforts they will be accepted by the god they pursue.
The British poet Francis Thompson catches the profound nature of this reality when he writes of the relentless pursuit of God in his life. In his work titled “The Hound of Heaven,” he writes that as he fled from God he couldn’t outrun “those strong feet that followed . . . with unhurrying chase and unperturbed pace.” But God’s untiring pursuit of the wayward is not just Thompson’s story. At the heart of the Christmas message is the wonderful truth of God’s pursuit of every one of us. As Paul affirms, “God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law” (Gal. 4:4-5).
And it’s not just the Christmas story. It’s the story of God’s pursuit of Adam and Eve after the fall. His pursuit of me! His pursuit of you! Where would we be today if God weren’t the “Hound of Heaven”?
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
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