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Empty Tombs (Easter baking activity for kids)

March 23, 2010 by Lois Britton 3 Comments

Easter baking for your family or Sunday School class!

I think this may be the first time I’ve made empty tombs. I never got around to baking them with our daughters, and they are all in their twenties now.   Sorry, girls!  You know how an idea can get tucked away in the back of your mind and get lost. (Since this originally posted, I’ve had a chance to share this Easter baking project with other children, including some in Poland.)

easter baking empty tombs

When I taught a 2nd grade Sunday School class many years ago, I shared the scheduled curriculum lesson with my class on Easter morning, I remember one of the other teachers taking her class to the church kitchen for some Easter baking.

At dismissal time, my class left with their colorful leaflet with our lesson, just like every other week. The other teacher, her class went running across the courtyard with warm, sweet pastry that they had baked themselves. The kids were eager to show everyone that the marshmallows they had placed in the bread dough had disappeared, leaving an empty tomb. There was no doubt about which class had the more memorable lesson that week! If you decide to make these at church, invite the other teachers to join you! 😉

The process in uncomplicated; the results will be rustic, varied, and very tasty!

Enjoy!

Lois

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Empty Tombs (Easter baking activity for kids)

  • Author: Polish Housewife
  • Prep Time: 7 min
  • Cook Time: 13 min
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
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Description

An easy Easter baking project for your family or Sunday School class


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 tube crescent rolls
  • large marshmallows
  • cinnamon sugar

Instructions

  1. Separate the dough into 4 rectangles, place two marshmallows  on each rectangle toward one end
  2. Fold the dough over the marshmallows, crimping the edges to seal,  (You could also used the jumbo canned biscuits, flattening it into a larger circle and wrapping the dough around a single marshmallow as pictured above.)
  3. Sprinkle generously with cinnamon sugar
  4. Bake at 375 for 11 – 13 minutes
  5. Allow to cool a few minutes before serving, the marshmallows will melt inside the dough leaving an empty space, a culinary way to remember the Easter story.

 

 


Notes

Caution: be sure to let them cool for about 10 minutes. The melted marshmallow in the bottom of the empty tomb will be molten, sticky, and very hot!

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Ingredients

1 tube crescent rolls
large marshmallows
cinnamon sugar

Directions

Separate the dough into 4 rectangles.  Place two marshmallows  on each rectangle toward one end.  Fold the dough over the marshmallows.  crimping the edges to seal.  (You could also used the jumbo canned biscuits, flattening it into a larger circle and wrapping the dough around a single marshmallow as pictured above.)  Sprinkle generously with cinnamon sugar.  Bake at 375 for 11 – 13 minutes.  Allow to cool a few minutes before serving.  The marshmallows will melt inside the dough leaving an empty space.  A culinary way to remember the Easter story.

Caution: be sure to let them cool for about 10 minutes. The melted marshmallow in the bottom of the empty tomb will be molten, sticky, and very hot!

Makes 4

empty tombs Easter baking

 Easter baking
Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.

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  1. Virginia Taylors

    March 24, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    I have made a link to this on my blog!! I am so making with my girls. Thanks.

    Reply
  2. Lois B

    March 25, 2010 at 12:47 am

    I hope your girls enjoy making and eating them! What a great idea to keep a list on your blog. I’m always wondering where I saw something when I want to make go back and make it.

    Reply
  3. Virginia Taylors

    April 7, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    Lois, I just posted something you might find interesting about this Easter recipe. Thanks for this idea.

    Reply

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