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Easter Cookies
To be made the evening before Easter.
You will need the following:
1 cup whole pecans
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
a pinch of salt
1 cup sugar
a zipper baggie
a wooden spoon
tape
Bible
your children
Preheat oven to 300 F.
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 each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 teaspoon of 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 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.
Psalms 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 Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper
covered cookie sheet.
Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where
Jesus' body
was laid.
Read Matthew 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 Matthew 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 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 Matthew 28:1-9
HE HAS RISEN!!