This Easter the Savoie family celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord by making these empty tomb cinnamon crescent rolls.
Each roll is stuffed with a marshmallow that disappears when the roll is baked leaving an empty space. This reminds us of the empty tomb of Christ on Easter Sunday. The recipe is easy enough for kids to follow. As you put the rolls together, talk about the symbolism of the ingredients:
Large Marshmallow – body of Jesus
Melted Butter – oils of embalming
Cinnamon and Sugar – spices used to annoint the body.
Crescent Roll – the wrapping of Jesus’ body or the tomb.
Cavity in bun – the empty tomb
by Elizabeth Savoie Dronet
Ingredients
2 cans jumbo crescent rolls
16 Large marshmallows
1/4 cup melted butter for dipping
cinnamon and sugar mixture in a bowl for rolling marshmallows and rolls
cooking spray
*Recipe may be halved.
All hands on deck.
Method
Unroll each crescent roll from the can. Dip each marshmallow in butter and then roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat. Roll up this marshmallow with the crescent dough sealing all sides so that the marshmallow will not escape in the oven. Dip the roll in butter and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Place in greased muffin tins or jelly roll pan. The pan should have sides to capture the sauce.
Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Cool slightly and serve.
The rolls out of the oven.
Miette and Becca perform the taste test. Mmmmm.
It worked!
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Hi, I am a sunday school director and was glad to find this project you used to teach your children about the resurrection. I am going to do this for my classes, but my dilemma is not having an oven at church to show them the whole process. I can bring the finished results, but cant go thru the whole process. Thank you for the wonderful idea though. Not many ideas out there for Christians – mostly eggs, chicks and bunnies;)
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! You could print the recipe out for parents who may want to try the whole thing at home. It was really quite easy. As you can see, the kids did most of the work! – Elizabeth
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