Resurrection Cookies
Making Resurrection Cookies with your children or grandchildren is a fun and meaningful way to tell the Resurrection Story. It is an activity the whole family can participate in and can become an Easter tradition everyone looks forward to.
Ingredients
1 cup whole pecans
1 teaspoon vinegar Sprinkle of kindness
1 cup sugar Sprinkle of faith
3 eggs whites Sprinkle of hope
pinch salt Sprinkle of love
1 Ziploc bag
Bible
tape
Sprinkle of kindness
Sprinkle of faith
Sprinkle of hope
Sprinkle of love
Instructions
The Easter cookies are to be made the evening before Easter.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. It is important to turn the oven on
before you begin this recipe.
Place pecans in the Ziploc bag and let the children beat them with
a wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus
was arrested, the Roman soldiers beat Him. Read John 19:1-3.
Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 teaspoon of vinegar into a
mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross He
was given vinegar to drink. Read John 19:28-30.
Add egg whites to the vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that
Jesus gave His life to give us life. Read John 10:10-11.
Sprinkle a little salt into each child’s hand. Let them taste it and
brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty
tears shed by Jesus’ followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.
So far the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1cup sugar.
Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died
because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Psalms 34:8 and John 3:16.
Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff
peaks are formed. Explain that the color white represents the
purity in God’s eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by
Jesus. Read Isaiah 1:18 & John 3:1-3.
Fold in broken pecans. Drop by teaspoons onto a cookie sheet lined
with wax paper. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb
where Jesus’ body was laid. Read Matthew 27:57-60.
Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven
OFF. Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door. Explain
that Jesus’ tomb was sealed. Read Matthew 27:65-66. GO TO BED!
Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven
overnight. Jesus’ followers were in despair when the tomb was
sealed. Read John 16:20, 22.
On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice
the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! On the
first Easter Jesus’ followers were amazed to find the tomb open
and empty. Read Matthew 28:1-9