Recipe Rewind: Resurrection Cookies

In our “Easter: The Holiday of Hope Podcast” we discussed Holy Week traditions and what activities we were going to introduce the kids to this year. I grew up reading the story of the death and ressurection through the eyes of a little boy named Benjamin in the book Benjamin’s Box by Melody Carson. Matt grew up making ressurection cookies where each ingredient represents part of the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection from the dead. As this tradition was new to me, I went straight to pinterest to find a recipe and I found one by Leigh Anne Wilkes on Yourhomebasedmom.com.

What are Resurrection Cookies?

Resurrection cookies are a simple meringue based cookies that tell the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection through in the ingredients. All of the ingredients are common pantry items that should require a run to the grocery store, which is very convenient! Here are the ingredients

Ingredients

• Pecans or mini chocolate chips
• white vinegar
• salt
• sugar
• egg whites

Prepping

While getting the ingredients ready, I found the best approach for telling the story and to keep my boys engaged was to measure the ingredients and have each bowl with the proper mesaurements on the table ready to share with them and allow them to pour the ingredients into the standing mixer. It worked as well as we imagined it would and the boys were able to ask questions about each ingredient and see the cookie come together.

Kitchen Tools

• hand-mixer or stand-mixer
• spatula
• ice cream scoop

Telling the Story

I really enjoyed using ingredients to tell this story. The kids were able to use multiple senses while we talked about each item. They were able to touch, taste, and smell the ingredients before combining them. Within the recipe, there were bible verses to read with each ingredient which helped explain what was happening in the story. This activity, although a great illustration of the events of the week, was a bit longer than our young kids could handle. It was challenging to keep the boys attention as we transitioned from one ingredient to the next. i think the bible verses may have complicated the conversation just because we were bounding back and forth between our explanation and the bible verses. For the sake of our sanity and being able to allow our kids to absorb the story, I would simplify the explanation and probably read the bible verses first to provide the biblical context and then ask or answer questions that they have. When the kids get older I can see them taking turns reading the verses for each ingredient and telling part of the story back to us.