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Recipe
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Resurrection Cookies
This is a great recipe to teach your children the REAL story of Easter.
You Will Need:
1 cup whole pecans
1 tea. Vinegar
3 egg whites
1 pinch salt
1 cup sugar
1 zip lock bag
1 wooden spoon
Scotch tape
Bible
Instructions:
These are to be made the evening before Easter. Preheat oven to 300degrees.
(This is very important don’t wait until you are half done with the recipe).
Place pecans in zip bag and let children beat them with the wooden
spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was
arrested, He was beaten by the Roman soldiers. Read: John 19:13
Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tea. vinegar into 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 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 1 cup 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: Psalm 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 eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read: Isaiah 1: 18 and John 3: 1 3
Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoon onto waxed paper covered
cookie sheet. 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 Resurrection Sunday (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
