Foodie Friday ~ Resurrection Rolls

I can't believe Easter is NEXT SUNDAY! We'll be spending some quality time with family and cousins during the most important holiday of the year. I don't have a true "recipe" for you this week, but I wanted to share with you a little Easter activity I do with my kids every year to teach the basic premise of Easter.

Now, my two older kids have been doing this activity for years and their knowledge of Easter goes far beyond this activity. However, they never seen to get tired of it, even though they always know what's going to happen :)

The basic premise is: The dough represents the tomb where Jesus was buried. The marshmallow represents Jesus (stay with me, here!). The kids put "Jesus" into the "tomb." We bake the "tombs" and when they come out of the oven, the marshmallows have melted so "Jesus" is gone and the tomb is empty! I have to admit, it makes a pretty delicious treat, too after all the learning is done!

I have great memories of making Resurrection Rolls with my two oldest and my 2 year old can get in on the action this year too! 

Resurrection Rolls
(makes 8 "rolls")
1 10oz can of refrigerated crescent rolls
8 large marshmallows
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 tablespoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar (white or brown or both)

1. Preheat oven to 400 and spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.

2. Separate crescent rolls into triangles. Mix together cinnamon and sugar.

3. Take out the marshmallows and explain that they represents Jesus--white and pure. Dip each marshmallow into the butter--this is to symbolize the embalming oils they used to prepare his body for burial.

4. Dip the marshmallows in the cinnamon and sugar mixture. This symbolizes the spices they used to prepare his body for burial.

5. Place one marshmallow in the center of each dough triangle. Carefully wrap the dough around the marshmallow. Try to be careful and not let any of the marshmallow peek out, otherwise Jesus, I mean the marshmallow, will leek out during the the baking process. Explain that the dough represents the tomb where Jesus was buried.

6. Brush each roll with melted butter and sprinkle with leftover sugar.

7. Bake for about 10 minutes (or according to package directions).

8. When the rolls have cooled, have the kids break them open to see what they find! (they'll be empty since the marshmallow has melted). Explain that this represents the empty tomb and Jesus has risen!


Have a wonderful, blessed Easter!!!

Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

1 cup flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 3/4 sticks of softened butter

1/2 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups of old fashioned oats (NOT the quick cooking kind)

Sea Salt


- Preheat oven to 350 and spray cooking spray on cookie sheets
- Stir flour, baking soda, powder and salt in a medium bowl
- With a mixer, beat butter and sugars at medium speed until combined. Add egg and vanilla and beat until very creamy--about 3-4 minutes.
- Keep running mixer and slowly incorporate dry ingredients, including oats. Dough should be very sticky.
- Divide dough into SMALL balls (they will spread!)--about 2 teaspoons each and drop onto cookie sheet.
- Roll each cookie into a ball and press down SLIGHTLY.
- Sprinkle sea salt onto the top of each cookie.
- Bake on middle rack at 350 until just barely golden around the edges (about 10 minutes in my oven).

ENJOY!!!!!!!!

I Can Bake!

It's a fact: I am not a "baking"-type person ..too time consuming, you have to measure everything exactly--not my style! But this year I decided that having Brooke "make" the Pillsbury "open and bake" cookies was somehow doing a disservice to her. After all, Martha wouldn't be appalled?? Is this really teaching family values?? :-) So when my coworker/baker/mom extraordinaire gave me a "fool proof" recipe for oatmeal cookies, I decided to give it a try. Eureka!!!! Perfectly yummy, round, crispy-on- the-outside, chewy-on-the-inside cookies!!! Okay, it took me two tries but Rome wasn't built in a day. I wanted to share the recipe (above) so if any of you have a "Martha Stewart" moment and decide you want to bake cookies from scratch, you're in luck :-) ENJOY!!! Remember, if I can do it, ANYONE can!