Resurrection Cookies - pecans

Method

• Read the whole recipe before beginning, try to do together Saturday night before Easter Sunday.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• You need: Mixing bowl, Wooden spoon, Bible, Zipper baggie, Waxed paper, Cookie sheet, Tape.
• Place pecans in zipper baggie 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 19:1-3.
• Let child smell the vinegar.
• Put 1 tsp 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 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 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 11-15 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 and John 3:1-3.
• Fold in broken nuts.
• Drop by tsp onto waxed paper-covered cookie sheet.
• Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid.
• Read Matt. 27:65-66.
• Put 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.
• 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 Resurrection Morning open the oven and give everyone a cookie!
• Notice the cracked surface and take a bite.
• The cookies are hollow!
• On the first Resurrection Day, Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
• Read Matt. 28:1-9.
• HE HAS RISEN!
• HALLELUJAH!