• 1 cup whole pecans 
• 1 teaspoon vinegar 
• 3 egg whites 
• pinch of salt 
• 1 cup sugar 
• zipper baggie 
• wooden spoon 
• tape 

Preheat oven to 300 F.  
Place pecans in zipper baggie and beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces.  
Put 1 teaspoon vinegar into mixing bowl.  
Add egg whites to vinegar.  
Sprinkle a little salt into the bowl.  
Add 1 cup sugar.  
Beat with mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed.  
Fold in broken nuts.  
Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered cookie sheet.  
Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door, and turn the oven OFF.  
Seal the oven door with a piece of tape.  
The next morning open the oven and give everyone a cookie.  
The surface will be cracked.  
The cookies are hollow.  

There is a story that goes with these cookies, so have the children help and tell them the  
following story as you make the cookies.  
As they beat the nuts with the wooden spoon, explain to them, that after Jesus was arrested  
he was beaten by the Roman soldiers. Before you put the vinegar in the bowl, let each child  
smell it, and explain when Jesus was thirsty on the cross he was given vinegar to drink.  
As you beat the egg whites, explain that eggs represent life, and how Jesus gave his life to  
give us life. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand and let them taste, this represents the salty 
tears shed by the followers of Jesus. When you add the sugar, explain this is the sweetest part  
of the story, because Jesus loves us and wants us to know and belong to him. Explain  
the color white represents the purity in God's eyes. As you mound the cookies onto the waxed paper, explain that they represent the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid. When they put the tape on the oven, explain it represents how Jesus' tomb was sealed. Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus' followers were in despair  
when the tomb was sealed. The next morning when they take a bite and see the cookies  
are hollow, explain how on the first Resurrection day, how his followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty. Jesus has Risen.