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Easter Story Cookies - Jennifer Crites

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Description

This is a unique way to share the story of the death and resurrection of Christ the night before Easter Sunday.

Ingredients for 18 servings

  • 1 cup whole pecans
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 3 egg whites
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Zipper baggie
  • Wooden Spoon
  • Tape
  • Bible

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 300F. Place pecans in the baggie and let the children beat the bag with the wooden spoon to break the nuts into small pieces. Set the bag aside. Explain that after Jesus was arrested he was beaten by the Roman soldiers. Read John 19:1-3.
  2. Let the children smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp into the mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross he was given vinegar to drink. Read John 19:28-30.
  3. Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represents life. Explain that Jesus gave his life for us that we may live again. Read John 10:10-11.
  4. Sprinkle a little salt in 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.
  5. 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 Psalms 34:8 and John 3:16.
  6. Beat with a mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Explain that the color white represents the purity of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus. Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
  7. Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto a wax paper covered cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid. Read Matthew 27:57-60.
  8. 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.
  9. Go to bed. Explain that the 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.
  10. On Easter morning, open 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. He has risen.

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