Resurrection Rolls

I posted this last Easter, but thought I'd post it again since Easter is this weekend.  This is a fun recipe to make with the kids!

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We made these Resurrection Rolls at Easter and since Ethiopian Easter was this past weekend, I thought I would go ahead and post this.  This is a great activity to do with your kids on Easter Weekend.  The sweet roll recipe is adapted from the sweet roll bread machine recipe on allrecipes.com.

 Ingredients:

1/2 Cup of warm water (110 degrees)

1 Tablespoon yeast

1/2 cups warm milk

1 egg

1/3 cup of butter, softened

1/3 Cup white sugar

1 teaspoon salt

3 3/4 cups flour

1/4 cup butter, melted

Dissolve the yeast in the water for 5 minutes.  In a bowl, mix the milk, egg, 1/3 cup of butter, sugar, salt and flour.  Add the yeast mixture to the main mixture.  Mix the dough together and then knead the dough on a floured surface for 10 minutes. 

Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover and place in a warm place (I put mine inside my oven with the oven turned off).  Let it rise for 1 hour.

Punch the dough down.  Divide the dough in half.  Roll each half into a 12 inch circle.  Cut each circle into 8 wedges.  In a small bowl, melt 1/4 cup of butter.  In another small bowl, mix together sugar and cinnamon.  Take a large marshmallow (you can get these at Bambis) and roll it in butter.  Dip the marshmallow in the cinnamon/sugar mixture.  Place the marshmallow in one wedge of dough and wrap the dough totally around the marshmallow.  Make sure you pinch all the holes together because if there are any holes, the marshmallow will leak out while it is cooking.  I used a little water to help pinch all the holes together.

Place the rolls on a baking sheet, cover with a cloth and place it in a warm place and let it rise for 45 minutes to 1 hour. 

Bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

When I did this I used this story with my kids:

When we punched down the dough, it represented the soldiers beating Jesus and hanging him on the cross.  After he died, the people put spices on his body (sugar/cinnamon mixture) and wrapped him in cloth (the dough).  They put him in the tomb (we covered the rolls with a cloth and put them in an unheated oven).  After you cook the rolls, the marshmallows will be melted, so the rolls will be empty on the inside (representing the empty tomb and Jesus' resurrection).