Easter Cookies Bible Story With A Cookie Recipes

EASTER STORY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Place pecans in a resealable plastic baggie. Crush the pecans into small bits. Read John 19:1-3
• Put 1 teaspoon vinegar into a medium bowl. Read John 19:28-30
• Add egg whites to the vinegar. Read John 10:10-11
• Sprinkle salt into the egg whites. Read Luke 23:27
• So far, the mixture isn't very appetizing. Add 1cup sugar. Read Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16. Beat with mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
• Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto parchment paper lined baking sheet. Read Matthew 27:57-60.
• Place cookies in the oven close the door and turn the oven off. Read Matthew 27:65-66.
• Go to bed. Read John 16:20 and 22.
• In the morning open the oven and take out the cookies. Read Matthew 28:1-9.

EMPTY TOMB COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees--you MUST do it now. Also, gather a cooking mallet, kitchen mixer, masking tape and Bible.
• Read John 19:1-3 ~ Jesus was beaten for our sins; beat the nuts with a cooking mallet; set aside.
• Read John 19:28-30 - Jesus drank something like vinegar (gall), sniff the fragrance, dip finger in and taste, too; place the vinegar in a mixing bowl.
• Read John 10:10-11 - Egg whites symbolize Jesus' holy, innocent life; add whites to the bowl with the vinegar.
• Read Luke 23:27 - the bitter tears of the women; taste a few grains, remember your own sins; add the salt to the bowl.
• Read Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16 - Sweet salvation! Taste and see; add to the bowl.
• Crank up the mixer and let it go while you read from Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3; let the mixer go for about 12-15 MINUTES; this needs to be VERY stiff!
• Read Matthew 27:57-60 - Fold the nuts into the egg-sugar mixture; this symbolizes the rocks in the garden.
• Using a scoop or knife & spoon, drop by spoon into mounds (to resemble a rocky tomb); put into the oven and turn it OFF!
• Read Matthew 27:65-66 - The tomb is sealed; use two pieces of tape (5-6 inches long) to "seal" the door edges (symbolically).
• Read John 16:20 & 22 - Consider these passages, then go to bed!
• NEXT MORNING: Read Matthew 28:1-9 - Jesus is risen! Behold--the empty tomb! Unseal the oven door, take out the cookies, break or bite one in half -- it should be hollow inside---empty---just like the Tomb!
• He is risen! He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!

RESURRECTION COOKIES

Steps:

• 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!