So, I thought I should update the Resurrection cookie post...because we ran into some issues along the way.
First of all, I neglected to share some of the details of our cookie-making process. My boys did not totally understand the idea that the beating of the pecans represented the fact that Jesus was badly beaten and I have to say that my boys took a little too much pleasure in beating those pecans!
The recipe states that the salt is to represent the bitterness of our sins and the saltiness of the tears Jesus shed. It says to have the kids taste the salt and then put the rest into the bowl. This is how this went in our house:
Me: "Taste this salt. This is like the bitterness or the bad taste of our sin."
My 5 year-old boy: "yum, this tastes like snot Mom!"
hmmmmm....not exactly how I saw that one going.
We finished the recipe and put the cookies in the oven and turned it off as the recipe states and in the morning, they were not baked all the way through. Bummer. So we turned the oven back on and shut it off again and then left for the day. We got home late and forgot about the cookies and then my husband preheated the oven for lunch the next day and OOPS! Well, we had something to represent the "blackness" of sin.
Thankfully, only the cookies on the lowest rack were burned and the others were fine and baked all the way through finally. So, we finally got to taste our Resurrection cookies, which tasted exactly the way I would imagine a packing peanut to taste...yes, EXTREMELY styrofoam-y. Like, more than a rice cake!
But, my oldest son liked them and my 5 year-old said, "Those were just so fun to make! They taste disgusting, but they were so fun to make!"
Great idea in theory...perhaps we will revisit this next year with a little tweaking.
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