How was your Easter holiday? I decided to try a new tradition this year. I’ll start by saying that I’m not typically much of a baker. We have a few favorites that I’ll make from time to time, like muffins, carrot cake, strudel, or my husband’s favorite chocolate chip cookies. But it’s not something I enjoy doing on a regular basis, and neither of us want a constant supply of sweets on the counter tempting us. Every once in a while is sufficient.
That being said, I want to create happy memories for my kids, so I decided to make homemade empty tomb rolls this Easter. I wanted them to be gluten-free, so I opted out of using the typical canned crescent rolls.
I found a great recipe from Around My Family Table that I followed almost to the letter, so I thought I would share it with you all. The only changes I made were to use regular butter instead of dairy free, regular 2% milk instead of dairy-free, regular sour cream instead of dairy-free, and regular marshmallows instead of vegan. The results were delicious, and the recipe was easy to follow.
If my mother had told me that a marshmallow represented Jesus, I would have really wondered about that, and then every time I was at Sunday School and someone mentioned Jesus, I’d be picturing marshmallows. Kids take things literally.
It’s the opposite. The empty tomb- Jesus is NOT there.
12:32, Did you read the recipe? It says the marshmallow represents Jesus. You roll the marshmallow in butter and cinnamon to represent the linen wrappings. You place that marshmallow in dough to represent Jesus being placed in the tomb. The tomb isn’t empty til after it’s baked. Buttered and sugared marshmallow Jesus is there in the tomb before that.
This is the first time I ever heard of this recipe. Ellie, is this the first time you ever heard of Empty Tomb Rolls? I will be making this next Easter!
I had heard of them before but hadn’t tried one. It’s a fun tradition, and they are quite delicious.
I have made these for years and love them!
Thank you for sharing, some of my kids are gluten and dairy free.
Have never made these rolls but they look yummy! Our traditions have been to have egg dyeing and we have a carton of these Resurrection eggs. I have two teens but my 12 year old still asked to do them this year. THey are plastic eggs with objects in them to respresent the Easter story from start to finish (ex. a little “gold” piece, a sword, a crown of thorns, etc) and the last plastic egg is empty as the tomb was. Yours boys are still a bit small but your older ston would probably like these very soon!