There’s nothing better than being in the Word together as a family…except for maybe being in the Word while making cookies together as a family. This is an activity that is geared towards older kids, but would work with little ones as well as long as you kept it short and sweet. :)
What I love about this activity is that it includes cognitive thinking, baking, and the Bible. What more could you ask for in one activity?
And dare I tell you that these little cookies are kinda, sorta healthy? We used white whole wheat flour and absolutely no sugar (honey is used instead). The only bad thing in them is butter…if you consider butter ‘bad’, that is. :)
Here’s what you’ll need: A Bible (I used the NIV translation for this particular activity), a mixer (either hand or stand), measuring cups, these printable instructions, and the ingredients below.
Print out these instructions for the Scripture Cookies.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (at room-temperature)
1/2 cup honey
1 egg
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup white whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups Old-Fashioned Oatmeal
3/4 cup raisins (or less)
Look up the passages together as a family…
1. Mix 1/2 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of room-temperature butter for 1 minute.
2. Add the egg and the vanilla.
3. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon. Then add the oatmeal and mix together again.
4. Add the dry ingredients into the butter/honey mixture.
5. At this point, I put 3/4 of the dough onto the cookie sheet using our cookie scoop since most of our family doesn’t care for raisins.
6. Add the raisins to the remaining dough.
7. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12-15 minutes.
All done! Yummy!
Enjoy!
*I modified the recipe for ‘Raisin Oatmeal Cookies’ from Weelicious. I asked for recipe suggestions using honey instead of sugar (since the word ‘sugar’ is not used in the Bible) on my Facebook page last week and Stephanie suggested this recipe!
Desiré says
March 5, 2012 at 7:39 amWhat?!? You made this up! Oh girl! This is awesome! And I love the pic of your boys. Totally think my boys would look the same way after the 2nd verse. ;)
Susann Gehring says
March 5, 2012 at 7:43 amI LOVE this idea! I can not wait to try it with my three younger kids (lol the 17 will just eat the cookies!) Thank you for sharing!
Teri says
March 5, 2012 at 8:00 amCan’t wait to try this with my Sunday School class!
nicole walker says
March 5, 2012 at 8:04 amTHAT IS WONDERFUL VERY CREATIVE :)
Michelle Wimp says
March 5, 2012 at 9:01 amthank you so much! we are definitely doing this, i’ve been trying to think of ways to bring the Bible alive to my 6yo.
vicky says
March 5, 2012 at 9:10 amI love this idea — fabulous!
Vicky
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sarah says
March 5, 2012 at 9:11 amI love your boys expressions after the 2nd verse. I think my girls would look the same way.
Emily says
March 5, 2012 at 9:21 amI love this idea! I have a three year old daughter and we love to bake together. I pinned it to save and use once she is a little older! Thanks for sharing!
Emily
Leeanne says
March 5, 2012 at 10:10 amLove this! We are definitely going to try it soon! Thanks for the free printable!
Michelle Wimp says
March 5, 2012 at 1:45 pmwould it be ok if i shared this post with my mom 2 mom class, my son’s kindergarten sunday school class, and f/b’d it?
Jenae says
March 5, 2012 at 1:46 pmSure! Thanks for asking! :)
Michelle Wimp says
March 5, 2012 at 2:07 pmsure and thank you!
Lauren says
March 5, 2012 at 2:15 pmThis is awesome! I love it! Thanks so much! My daughter is young still, but I will be sharing with those who I think will enjoy it & pinning for later use with mine.
I’d love for you to link up and share: http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2012/03/pinteresting-party-week-29.html
Anjanette says
March 6, 2012 at 10:37 amWhat a fun idea!!!!! I love it!
Miranda says
March 6, 2012 at 12:42 pmGreat idea! I don’t have or like honey so would I only sub in 1/2 cup sugar or more?
Angie says
March 6, 2012 at 9:01 pmGonna do this with the children at church! Love it!
Sham Borges says
January 5, 2014 at 6:52 pmLove this idea! How many cookies does this make? Wondering if I should double it!
Nicole says
December 3, 2014 at 7:00 amI love this! I’m going to give these to the women in our Women on Missions group at church. Thank you!!
Jenae says
December 4, 2014 at 7:40 pmOh good! Thank you so much for your kind comment!
Kendra Warren says
April 8, 2016 at 9:01 pmI use Jeremiah 6:20 for sugar. It says “sweet cane”. Thank you for your recipe!