Treasuring the Reason for This Season

Many of you know how much I enjoy traditions, especially those that teach my children about our Lord and Savior. There are no exceptions for Easter, it’s the core of my faith and a vital event/s for my children to understand and take to heart. After all, Jesus never commanded us to remember his birth (Christmas) like so many do but instead, to remember his death and resurrection. For Easter and the days that lead up to it, our family holds many dear traditions. I’ve been asked by several if I’d share the Easter Cookie “story/recipe”.

We have yet to do it this year, we wait until Saturday night (the night before Easter) to make them, however if I wait to post it then, you’d lose out on the chance to do it this Easter. Let me know if you end up making these with your kids. I have no idea where to give credit for this…it’s not originally mine. I’ve just been blessed by having this and you will too!

Here's the recipe to get your family started on this special season of “life” and the incredible power of Christ and his love, something much more fulfilling than chocolate bunnies and jelly beans.


You will need:
1cup Whole pecans
1 tsp. distilled white vinegar
3 egg whites
Pinch salt
1 cup sugar,
Zipper baggie, wooden spoon, packing tape, and the most important of all "THE WORD OF GOD" (Bible)

Here’s what you’ll need to do. Preheat oven to 300°F.

Step one- Place pecans in zipper baggie and let your children beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces.
Illustration- Explain that, after Jesus was arrested, He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.

Step two- Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. vinegar into mixing bowl.
Illustration- Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross He was given vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30.

Step three- Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life.
Illustration- Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11.

Step four- Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl.
Illustration- Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin. So far the ingredients are not very appetizing.
Read Luke 23:27.

Step five- Add 1cup sugar.
Illustration- Explain that the sweetest part of the 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.

Step six- Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed.
Illustration- 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.

Step seven- Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons (approximately 24) onto wax paper covered cookie sheet. Illustration- Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid.
Read Matthew 27:57-60.

Step eight- Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven OFF!! Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door.
Illustration- Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read Matthew 27:65-66.

Step Nine- GO TO BED! Illustration- 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.

Step ten- On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow!
Illustration-On the first Easter Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
Read Matthew 28:1-9.

By making these cookies and having other Easter traditions I've come up with for our family, it's allowed me to teach our kids how marvelous this season really is. By doing so, my kids can clearly decipher the difference this Christian holiday has over how the “world” tends to shape it with its distortion.

(If you’ve never truly understood what Christ did on the cross for His people and the power and importance of his resurrection, I’d love to share it with you. This can be the most significant Easter’s ever for you!)