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Read the whole recipe before beginning...try to do together Saturday night before Easter Sunday.
Preheat oven to 300F
Ingredients: You need:| 1 cup whole pecan 1 tsp. vinegar 3 egg whites 1 pinch of salt 1 cup sugar |
Bible Mixing bowl Zipper baggy Wooden spoon Wax paper Cookie sheet Tape |
Place pecans in the baggy and let the 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 for us life.
Read - John 10:10-11
Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand let them taste
it then brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that 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 this 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 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 cookies sheet in the oven. Close door and turn oven OFF.
give each child a piece of tape and seal the 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 ! ! ! ! !
Good friends are hard to find, hard to leave, and Impossible to forget.