French Toast Easter Scavenger Hunt

We are on the countdown - just 4 more days until Easter! For me, I want Easter to be meaningful for my family, and yet not too complicated or busy. We always decorate eggs and have Easter egg hunts but this year I was looking for just a little bit more.

So when I was asked to participate in the #Hallelujah Easter campaign, I was thrilled. SugarDoodle.net provided all the traditions I would need. Our Easter Family Home Evening was a success with all of the activities and printables I shared yesterday, and now all my focus can be on this weekend. If you are looking for a simple, meaningful tradition for your family's Easter, perhaps you can join me and my family as we use the beautiful resources below:

In an effort to use a basket full of fresh backyard eggs, Colette from My Computer is My Canvas started experimenting with a French Toast Bake Recipe that has quickly become a family favorite.  Plus, with Easter just around the corner and the #HALLELUJAH Initiative gaining steam, she recently related each of the ingredients to the Savior; making this recipe not only a great Easter-Eve Lesson, but also a delicious Easter Morning Breakfast Tradition!

To get started, print off the Scripture Scavenger Hunt PDF and let your kids dive into the New Testament to learn more about the Savior as they fill in the blanks to complete the recipe!  A couple of the scripture clues are a tiny bit tricky, so be sure to use Page 2 to find extra clues.

Next, it’s time to get baking!! After many attempts with this recipe (and fails) – Colette finally identified the perfect bread for her French Toast Bake... bagels! They are soft AND dense which allows them to effectively soak up the egg mixture and maintain their shape for soggy-free baking. A fun twist to this might be Cinnamon Swirl bagels or even gluten-free ones for those intolerant.

From there... just follow the recipe! Cut bagels into 1⁄2” cubes, make and beat the egg mixture, then pour over the bread.

Be sure to recruit your kids to help you, they’ll have fun making the recipe with the clues they found! Colette likes to mix the cubes and egg mixture in separate bowl to make sure the bread gets well coated – in fact, for that step, she relates how the tempest was raging and the Savior calmed the storm... so get those cubes tossing and turning like a ship at sea!  As noted in the image above, this is a “make ahead” recipe and it should be refrigerated overnight.  This allows extra time for the bread to adequately soak up the egg mixture. Then, before baking, prepare a brown sugar crumble and “spread” it across the top, just like the Palm Branches were spread for the Savior as he entered Jerusalem! (Crumble recipe included on the cards.)

Colette has provided lots of printables for us...just click on the following links:
Recipe cards + an easy toprint PDF to do the Scripture Scavenger Hunt with our families!

The final step? Take a picture of your family making it, baking it or eating it and share it on Social Media with the #HALLELUJAH!

Lastly, as the final highlight, I knew I wanted to include this new, spectacular video in our family's Easter festivities.

May your Easter be festive and focused on the Savior of the World, is my hope for you my dear friends!

XOXO,

Jamie