5 Potatoes: March 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Resurrection Rolls

This was our first time making these and my kids had a blast doing it (and they were super tasty too)! Unfortunately, when we made these I was also making a ham and sweet potato casserole, so I didn't get any pictures of the process or of the rolls before baking.

Ingredients
1 tube refrigerated Pillsbury crescent rolls (name brand works better)
3 tablespoons butter
8 large marshmallows
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Preheat oven according crescent roll package directions.
Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
Melt butter in small bowl.
Mix cinnamon and sugar in small bowl.
Read John 19:38-42
Give each child a sheet of wax paper or a paper plate, an unrolled crescent roll (the tomb), and a marshmallow (the body of Christ).
Have the children roll the marshmallow in butter and then in the cinnamon/sugar mixture (the oil and spices the body was anointed with upon burial).
Wrap the marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll making sure to seal all seams because the marshmallow will expand in the oven and if the seams are not tight it will explode out of the roll (this happened to most of ours but they were still good and they got the idea).
Place on cookie sheet and bake according to crescent roll package instructions.
Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly.
Read Matthew 28:1-10 and celebrate the resurrection!

Eat the rolls - when you open them the 'tomb' will be empty just as Jesus' tomb was!

Happy Easter!

Friday, March 22, 2013

{November} Fun

Back in November we took a trip to COSI to visit the Lego exhibit (we may or may not have a Lego lover in our family). Jordan and Carson took a Lego robotics class with daddy while we were there and loved it, and Corinne and I hung out in Little Kidspace which was really fun because with two older kiddos I don't think we've visited that area since Corinne was a baby.