Tell the Easter Story with Resurrection Cookies
Channel: Journeys of a Homeschool Mom
Date: 2022-04-13

Resurrection (Empty Tomb) Cookie Ingredients:

Make these cookies the night before Resurrection Sunday.

It is an easy and fun way to share the Easter story with your kids and it is tasty too!

I am grateful for the Easter story and knowing that my Savior lives and that He died to save me from the punishment of sin. I am grateful for the opportunity He gave me (and everyone who chooses so) to repent of my sin so that His Blood could wash me clean, making me a new creation!

Ingredients:
1 cup whole pecans or chocolate chips (You can also use half-half)
1 tsp. vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch salt
1 cup sugar
zip lock bag
wooden spoon or something to crush the pecans with.
tape
A Bible
Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius (300 degrees Fahrenheit). This is crucial! Don’t wait until halfway into the recipe!
Place pecans in zip lock bag and let children crush them into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.
Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. 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 eternal 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 Ps. 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 Isa. 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
Fold in broken nuts. Drop blobs of it with a spoon unto some baking paper . Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus’ body was laid.
Read Matt. 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 Matt. 27:65-66.
NOW 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 and 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 Matt. 28:1-9