The process of making Resurrection cookies is a wonderful way to share the Easter story. And they are delicious cookies too!
This activity would be a fun thing to do as a family Easter weekend, Saturday night, the night before Easter. We did it with our Activity Day girls the week before Easter and they really enjoyed it, especially eating the cookies.
The process of making Resurrection cookies is a wonderful way to share the Easter story. Each step and ingredient of the recipe represents a part of the story. The final product, the cookie, is a representation of the empty tomb that was found on Easter morning. The meringues cook so that the middle of the cookie is hallow.
I found the recipe over at The Idea Room and you can visit Amy to get a printout of the scriptures and directions.
How to Make Resurrection Cookies
The ingredients are simple – pecans, egg whites, white vinegar, sugar and a pinch of salt. We chose to use half nuts and half chocolate chips in our cookies. Good choice! Preheat oven to 300 degrees before you start.
The night before:
Step one: Beating the nuts with a wooden spoon represents that Jesus was arrested and beaten by Roman soldiers
Step two: We had the girls smell the vinegar and talked about how Jesus was forced to drink it when he was thirsty on the cross. It is added to the bowl.
Step three: Egg whites are added. Eggs represent life and that by giving His life, Jesus gave us eternal life.
Step four: Each girl was given a little salt in their hand and encouraged to taste it. The salt represents the salty tears that were shed by Jesus’ followers and the bitterness of our sin. A pinch of salt is added to the bowl.
Step five: Sugar was added to show that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us.
Step six: The egg whites are beat to form peaks and the white color represents the purity in God’s eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Christ.
Step seven: Fold in the nuts and drop by teaspoons onto parchment paper covered cookie sheet. Each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus’ body was placed.
Step eight: Place cookie sheet in oven. We used masking tape to seal the oven just as the tomb was sealed. I told the girls that this was purely symbolic and the cookies would bake fine without the tape. The oven is immediately turned off when the cookies are placed inside (300 degrees)
The next step is to go to bed and then on Easter morning open the oven and give everyone a cookie. As they take a bite they will discover that the cookies are hollow. Just as on the first Easter morning Jesus’ followers discovered the empty tomb.
It is a simple and fun way to share the Easter story with your family. And it is yummy too!
How grateful I am for the Easter story and that I know that my Savior lives and that He died so that I may, each day, have the opportunity to begin again. To repent of my sins, to be better, to do better.
After our cookies were made we then put together a set of Easter Scripture Eggs for each of the girl. Another wonderful way to share the Easter story. I encouraged the girls to use the eggs with their family at their Easter dinner or brunch. Each egg contains a part of the Easter story in scripture and an object that represents that scripture. I have shared this idea with you before and you can find all the details for Easter Scripture Eggs here.
I hope that each of the girl’s left with a better understanding of the real reason we celebrate Easter and with the ability to share that with their family!
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Resurrection Cookies
Resurrection Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecans or 1/2 cup pecans and 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vinegar
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 egg whites
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Place pecans in plastic bag and crush with the back of a wooden spoon
- Add vinegar, egg whites, salt and sugar into mixer.
- Beat until egg whites are stiff, about 5-10 minutes.
- Fold in nuts and or chocolate chips
- Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper or a brown grocery bag
- Place meringue by spoonful onto baking sheet
- Place into hot oven and turn oven OFF. Keep the door shut and allow to sit overnight
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Thank you so much for posting this . I am going to do this with my little ones for Easter. May you have a blessed Easter.
Wow! This is an amazing activity for Easter. I was just thinking about what I could do to teach my family about Easter this year and this would be perfect for my little kids. Thank you so much. Love your website!
Sharese, Enjoy Easter with your family!
I love this idea, but I was wondering how long you leave the cookies in the oven if you’re doing it with Activity Day girls, since you can’t leave it overnight?
I had a batch already made that I sent home with them since we needed to leave them in the oven overnight.
The last line says to place spoonfuls on parchment. Do you want to move that up ?
Looking forward to trying your recipes.