I have to say that my absolute favorite season is Spring! I absolutely love the trees coming back in bloom, the beautiful flowers popping up everywhere and all the reminders of new life emerging around us! And that’s why Easter is so important to me and my family -it’s a reminder of the sacrifice made by our Savior and the new life that each and every one of us can have in Christ!
As a family, we do participate in some of the fun Easter traditions (egg hunts, dyeing eggs, etc), but most importantly, we want our girls to understand the real meaning behind Easter & the fact that Jesus is alive & He is risen! Here are a few recipes you can make tonight and tomorrow morning to celebrate His resurrection with your children!
RESURRECTION ROLLS:
Ingredients:
- 1 can of refrigerated Crescent Rolls or Biscuits {I’m sure you couponers have many of these from recent sales!} -you could also use homemade dough-even better! We used biscuits for ours.
- 8-10 Large Marshmallows
- Melted Butter {around 1/4 cup}
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons white sugar {we were out of white sugar & just used brown sugar-just as good!}
{Mix the sugar & cinnamon together in a bowl & have the melted butter in a separate bowl}
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees (or whatever the package directions say)
- Give each person a crescent roll triangle or a biscuit dough circle (with our biscuits, we used a rolling pin to flatten them a bit & make them larger) – This represents the tomb where Jesus was buried.
- Give each person a marshmallow – this represents the body of Christ
- First dip your marshmallow in the melted butter – make sure it’s covered in butter on all sides. Then roll the marshmallow in the cinnamon/sugar mixture so it’s coated.
- Next, lay the cinnamon/sugar coated marshmallow in the center of the crescent roll or biscuit. Then carefully wrap the dough around the marshmallow & make sure to pinch the seams really good to keep the marshmallow in.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake your rolls according to the package directions. Let them cool.
- Have your children “break open the tomb” and see that the tomb is empty & Christ is gone – He is risen!
*We added a bit of extra melted butter & cinnamon/sugar mixture on the outside & it made it even tastier! They were yummy & meaningful at the same time!
RESURRECTION COOKIES:
Image from Women Living Well – visit this site for recipe!
Another idea that we’ll be trying tonight are Resurrection Cookies – Easter Story Cookies! These are a great one to make on the evening before Easter, so you can open these up on Easter Sunday! Very similar to the Resurrection Rolls, but they go into more depth about the Easter Story from the Bible! I’m excited to try these as a family tonight to prepare our hearts for tomorrow’s celebration!
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We did these tonight too!!!
Thanks!! We did these last night with our 3 kids. HE is Risen!
We made these tonight. Wonderful illustration, but my girls insisted that the marshmallow was still there. “It just melted mom” and “I want my marshmallow back in the tomb”. I thought they would be a little more excited (5 and 3 years old). I guess they just have more faith in the story and expected the marshmallow to be completely gone. Thanks for the fun idea, I think we will try again next year.
Thanks for the great idea! Its great to know that JESUS still lives in people’s lives today!! It’s wonderful that you shared this…THANK YOU!!
Made these with biscuit dough and Easter marshmallows. Read the Easter story while they were cooking! But watch out for those marshmallows… they turn into hard candy if they leak. Better pinching next time :) But they tasted great!