Easter Treats for All to Enjoy!

For years now we have been making Empty Tomb Breakfast Treats. Many years ago we tried a recipe for cookies you make and put in the oven on Friday and pull out on Sunday morning. They were great to share the story of Easter but tasted gross!!! I am not a fan of divinity and these cookies are like divinity only mine just never turned out right. So when I started teaching school in Decatur a very creative and brilliant teacher showed me these breakfast treats that we make every year that tell the story and taste good too. I usually make them on the Saturday morning before Easter because we just don't have time to eat a cooked breakfast on Sunday mornings and Joey doesn't eat breakfast on Sundays anyways because food and preaching don't jive! But you can have them any day

Ingredients:

crescent rolls (2 triangles for each tomb)
large marshmallows (1 large for each tomb)

cinnamon sugar (sprinkled on top)

butter

The marshmallow represents Jesus.

The crescent rolls represent the tomb.

Make sure to seal the creases pretty good or the marshmallows will blow out the holes. This is not the visual that we want to achieve! However, if the marshmallow does come out a little it is okay. After it cools it will lay down nicely.

We brush butter on top of the wrapped roll and discuss how the body was anointed with oil.

We sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and sugar on top and discuss how the body would be anointed with spices.

That's it--they're very easy to make and you can make the presentation as simple or more in depth as you like.
Just follow the baking directions on the pack of crescent rolls. The oven could represent the stone being rolled in front of the tomb.

He has risen!!! When they come out, the marshmallow (when cooled a bit) lays down nicely giving the appearance of a linen cloth on the floor of the tomb. Tell the kids, "He is not here! He has risen from the dead!"

We all love these very simple and delicious treats!