Easter Recipes
*Before making anything for a class, be SURE to check
if any children have allergies to nuts, eggs, milk, wheat, etc.

Bunny Cake
Ingredients: Cake mix - baked to form two circular cakes      
Frosting (either homemade or store bought)      
Licorice for whiskers - M&Ms for decoration 
You have two circular cakes. One is for the head. The other is used the make ears and a bow tie. Cut the two ears out of either side of the circular cake, and then the center becomes a bow tie. Assemble the pieces, put frosting on it, and decorate it, making a face on it, etc. Use white frosting for most of it, and pink frosting for the center of the ears.
Use licorice for  whiskers, and put M&Ms all over the bow tie.
 
Resurrection Cookies
Ingredients:  1 c. whole pecans
1 tsp. vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch salt
1 c. sugar
zipper baggie
wooden spoon
tape
Bible
Preheat oven to 300 F.
Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after
Jesus was arrested he was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.
Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. vinegar into mixing bowl.  Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross he was given vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30.
Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life.
Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it and brush the rest into  the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin. Read
Luke 23:27. So far, the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1 c. sugar. 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 Ps. 34:8 and John 3:16.
Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isa.1:18 and John 3:1-3.
Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid.
Read Matt. 27:57-60. 
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.
Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read Matt. 27:65-66. 
GO TO BED! 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.
On Resurrection morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow!
On the first Resurrection day Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
Read Matt. 28:1-9. 
HE HAS RISEN!

Resurrecting Rolls
Ingredients: 3/4 cup warm water
1 large egg
3 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
3 Tbs. sugar
6 Tbs. butter
3 Tbs. dry milk
1-1/2 tsp. yeast
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 Tbs. cinnamon
24 marshmallows
Combine first 8 ingredients. Let rise till double. Divide into 24 balls and flatten. Mix sugar and cinnamon together. Dip rolls in melted margarine, then into sugar mixture. Wrap roll around a marshmallow, covering completely. Dip once more into butter, and again into sugar. Place rolls in a large greased pan and allow to rise till double. (approx. 35 min) Bake at 375 for about 15 minutes, or until done.  Rolls should be completely empty when cooled...like the empty tomb.

World's Best Chocolate Easter Eggs
These delicious cream filled eggs taste just like a very famous store bought one. They are easy to make and kids love them.  Ingredients: 1 cup soft butter 2 tsp salt 4 tsp vanilla 1 can condensed milk (Eagle Brand) 10 cups icing sugar 1 tsp. yellow food coloring 1 lb. semisweet chocolate Beat butter, salt and vanilla until fluffy. Add milk, beat in sugar. Blend until stiff. Dust with brown sugar. Knead til smooth. Set aside more then 2/3 of mixture. To the remaining mixture add yellow food coloring. Blend in well. Divide yellow and white into 16 or 24 pieces. Shape yellow into ball, mould white around yellow to form an egg shape. Dry at room temperature on paper towels for 24 hours.  Melt chocolate in double boiler or in microwave until smooth. Dip eggs in chocolate. (paraffin wax may be added and melted with chocolate to prevent chocolate from melting in your hands). Once dipped ,cool at room temperature. Refrigerate after cool. When sliced these eggs will have a white cream filling with a yellow filling that appears to be the yolk.

Bird Nest Cupcakes
your favorite cupcake mix 
your favorite frosting mix 
long strand coconut   
jelly beans (pastel Easter colors) 
Bake your cupcakes. When cool frost with white or chocolate frosting. Decorate with coconut around the outside circle of cupcake. Place colored jelly beans in centre. Coconut can be toasted if you prefer a brown nest!

Birds Nests
1 12 oz  bag butterscotch chips
1  5 oz can chow mein noodles
1 cup chopped salted peanuts
1 bag small jelly beans
Line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. Melt butterscotch bits. Add noodles and peanuts and stir.  Drop large spoonfuls of mixture and shape into nests with your fingers. Add jelly beans (eggs) to the nest and chill in the refrigerator.

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