Easter Scripture Cookies

E, N , & A beating the chocolate chips.

Sealing the oven.

Sunday morning, ready to unseal the oven and get the cookies.

This is one of our favorite Easter traditions!

Easter Scripture Cookies

1 cup pecan halves wooden spoon wax paper

1 tsp vinegar ziploc baggy cookie sheet

3 egg whites mixing bowl tape

1 tsp salt Bible

1 cup sugar

*Preheat the oven to 300 degrees (this is important to do first so the oven is completely preheated)

*Place pecans in baggy and let the children beat them with a spoon to break them into small pieces. After Jesus was arrested, he was beaten by Roman soilders. Read John 19:1-3.

*Let the children smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp of vinegar into the mixing bowl. When Jesus was thirsty on the cross he was given vinegar to drink. Read John 19:28-30.

*Add the egg whites to the vinegar. The eggs represent life. Jesus gave His life for our lives. Read John 10:10-11.

*Sprinkle a little salt into each child’s hand, let them taste it. Add a dash of salt. The salt 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 of sugar. The sweetest part of this story is that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and follow 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. 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 teaspoonfuls onto wax paper covered cookie sheet. Each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus’ body was laid. Read Matt. 27:65-66.

*Put the cookie sheet in the oven. TURN OFF THE OVEN. Close the oven door. Give each child a piece of tape to seal the oven door. Jesus’ tomb was sealed.

*Go to Bed.

*You 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! One the first resurrection day, Jesus’ followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty. Read Matt. 28:1-9.