Resurrection Cookies

We found a cool devotional to do with your kids the night before Easter. The idea is to make cookies that have ingredients that point to the Gospel story. The recipe is here.

This is a picture that shows the finalized ingredients (pecans broken representing Jesus' body broken for us, egg whites representing the life, etc.) Each ingredient has a scripture to read and talk about with your kids...

This is the 'tomb'. The oven preheats to 300 degrees prior to putting together the cookies, then when placed in the oven, it's turned off, so they can set overnight (for the final part of the devotion Easter morning). Let the kids have fun with the 'sealing' of the tomb with tape or what-have-you...

This is the final product. These cookies *should* be hollow inside - just like Jesus' tomb! I highlight 'should', because if the cookies are too big, they don't seem to work right.

Everyone, have a blessed Easter, and remember that this is the best day on the Christian calendar!!