Resurrection Cookies
Cookies that tell the Easter story.
Ages: All
Topic : Lent/Easter
Food-n-Faith Focus
Here’s a Lenten cookie recipe that’s been around a long time. Making these
cookies provides your family a unique way to learn about Christ’s death and
resurrection.
Materials
• Bible
• 1 cup (.24 l) whole pecans
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vinegar
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 teaspoon (1.15 ml) salt
• 1 cup (.24 l) sugar
• 1 large resealable plastic bag
• Wooden spoon or mallet
• Mixing bowl and utensils
• Mixer
• Waxed paper
• Cookie sheet
Food-n-Faith Activity
1. Preheat your oven to 300º F (150 C). This must be done or the cookies will
not turn out. Cover your cookie sheet with a layer of waxed paper.
2. Explain to your family that you will be making a very special kind of
cookie. This cookie will help them learn about the death and resurrection of
Jesus. Take turns reading the Bible passages as you prepare the cookies.
3. Fill the resealable plastic bag with the pecans. Ask a family member to
beat them with the wooden spoon or mallet. Say, "When Jesus was arrested, the
Roman soldiers beat him just like you are beating the pecans." Read Mark
15:15*
4. Open the vinegar bottle and pass it around for your family to smell. As you
pour the teaspoon of vinegar into the mixing bowl, say to your family, "Can
you imagine being given this to drink? That's what the Roman soldiers gave to
Jesus when he got thirsty while hanging on the cross." Read John 19:28-29*
5. Separate the egg whites from the yolks (save these yolks for another
recipe, please). As these egg whites are added to the recipe, explain that
eggs are a symbol of life. Jesus gave his life on the cross for us so that we
might live. Read John 10:10-11* and 1 John 5:12*
6. Give each of your family members a taste of salt. When we cry, our tears
contain a little pinch of salt. Add the salt to the recipe and say that this
is a reminder of the tears that Jesus' family and friends cried when he died.
Add the salt to the recipe. Read Luke 23:27* and John 20:11-13*
7. Add the sugar to your mix. Explain to your family that the sugar represents
the sweetness of God's love for us in Jesus Christ, who died for our sins.
Read Ephesians 5:1-2*
8. With your mixer set on high speed, beat the mixture until stiff peaks form,
about 12 to 14 minutes. As this happens the mixture will turn white, the color
of purity. Because Jesus died for our sins, we are pure in the eyes of God.
Read Psalm 103:12*
9. Gently fold the nuts into the egg mixture. Drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture
onto the cookie sheet. You are now done making the cookies. Explain that
before he died, Jesus said, “Everything is done!” Jesus was saying that the
price for our sins was now paid! Read John 19:30*
10. Turn the oven off. Place the cookie sheet in the oven and close the door.
Tell your family that this is like Christ’s friends placing his body in the
tomb. A large, heavy rock was rolled in front of the entrance to the tomb so
that his body could not be stolen. Roman soldiers guarded the tomb as added
security. Read Matthew 27:57-65* And remember, the oven should be turned off.
11. Now it's time to go to bed. Your family may feel anxious about leaving the
cookies in the oven overnight. Tell them that the followers of Jesus were
scared, frustrated, sad, and anxious after his death as he lay in that dark
tomb. Remind your family that the sadness of the followers of Christ turned to
joy. Read John 20:19-20*
12. Open the oven on Easter morning and take out the cookies. Give one to each
family member, inviting them to take a bite. Surprise! The cookies are hollow
and empty inside, just like Jesus' tomb on that Easter morning so long ago. He
is risen! Read Luke 24:1-12*
13. Pray together, "Lord, thank you so much for dying for us on the cross. Our
sins are forgiven because of what you did. We can now have a friendship with
you forever! Amen"
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