This morning, this is how the cookies looked in the oven. They tasted delicious! (Our eldest decided that we could make these cookies during the rest of the year too!).
Our second and third child were asked to give talks in Junior and Senior Primary today. because they would be speaking to different groups of children, they both contributed ideas and I typed it up. Here is their talk:
I Know Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer
Last night my family made Resurrection Cookies to help us remember why we celebrate Easter.
First, we smashed pecans to bits using big spoons.
After Jesus was arrested they beat him until he bled.
Next, we smelled vinegar. When Jesus hung on the cross, he was thirsty. He was given vinegar on a sponge to drink. We added one teaspoon to a bowl.
Next we added three egg whites. They were symbolic of life. Jesus gave his life so that we might live again.
Then, we tasted salt.
The salt was a symbol of Jesus dying and his great sadness and salty tears in the garden of Gethsemane. We shook the rest of the salt from our hands into the mix.
At this point, we added one cup of sugar to the batter. This was sweet--sweet because Jesus loves us, wants us to know and belong to Him.
We then set the mixer on high and got ready for bed. The ingredients turned snowy white. We read about how if we repent "though our sins be as scarlet--they will be as white as snow."
Later, we folded the pecans into the sticky meringue and formed mounds with two spoons. Jesus was buried in a mound-like tomb.
We shut the oven door. A stone was rolled in front of Jesus's tomb sealing it shut.
We then taped the door shut and waited overnight.
In the morning, the tape was gone and the oven was open.
We bit into the cookies and they were hollow. They are called Resurrection cookies because they are empty like Jesus' tomb...He was not there, He had risen.
We celebrate Easter because of the life, Atonement, death, and resurrection of Jesus. This is the gift he gave us.
I know Jesus Christ was our Savior and Redeemer. He loved us enough to give his life for us that we might live again. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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