Arthur writes:
TESTING THE LIMITS
I know a number of people who have a fragrance anointing (See Mercy Season album for a description). They cook, and their cooking releases some spiritual dynamics.
I have someone who clearly has this anointing, but they told me an interesting story about sending a recipe to a non-believer who was having a tough time with her family.
The lady baked the cookies and had her family over for some holiday cheer. She wrote our Noble Subject and said, “Your cookies are magic! My family had such peace and joy while eating them.”
Now, I have never found someone before who could impart anointing to a recipe! And, as we often say, one is just a data point, not a pattern.
But here is the recipe for you to try. Bake the cookies, take them to the crankiest people you know in your neighborhood or at work, and let’s see if there are any “measurable, verifiable, sustained changes” through this recipe.
If so, I think our Noble Subject should quit her day job and write a recipe book to improve the peace and joy in this world!
Rum Cookies
Heat oven to 375 degrees
Ingredients:
1/3 cup (and a little more) butter
1 scant cup powdered sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon rum
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
Apricot Jam for filling
Walnut halves
Glaze: About 1/2 to 3/4 cup powdered sugar and enough rum to make glaze consistency
Directions:
Cream butter and sugar, add egg and beat. Add rum, vanilla, and baking powder, mix. Add flour and combine to make a medium stiff dough. Roll out on lightly floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with round cookie cutter. Place on greased parchment paper-covered cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for about 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.
Make a sandwich cookie with two cookies using apricot jam in the middle.
Make glaze with rum and powdered sugar, a bit of a thick consistency, and then heat in microwave for about ten seconds. Spoon glaze on top of each sandwich cookie and top with walnut halves.
With a 1 1/2 inch diameter cookie cutter, the recipe makes 30 sandwich cookies.