A fun young women activity and treat all in one! Scripture cookies in a jar. Search scripture verses to find the ingredients. Pack into a jar and send home with each girl to make for her family! Would make a fun family home activity as well. This post contains affiliate links.
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Watch our step by step video!
I work with the 12 and 13 year old teenage girls in our church's youth group. The girls are so sweet and adorable at that age! We meet on Tuesday nights for youth group activities. I needed to come up with an activity the week that we were moving out of our house. I decided to use up some pantry ingredients at the same time and voila! Scripture Cookies in a Jar. A spiritual activity and practical one all in one. I had everything I needed already!
Scripture Cookies In a Jar Worksheet
I made a printable worksheet that you can use too. Just click here to print! Search the scripture references for the key ingredients. ANSWERS: flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, raisins, oats, white sugar and brown sugar, butter, egg.
I had a bunch of plastic pint-sized jars leftover from a project so I customized my recipe to fit inside of them. These plastic jars are great to keep on hand for projects with kids. They don't break! Everything fits inside, with very little room to spare. If you use a Mason pint-sized jar, leave the raisins or chocolate chips out and place in a baggie. Both the plastic and mason jar are pint-size, but for some reason, the glass jars hold a little less. You can also use a larger jar.
Layering Ingredients for Scripture Cookie Jars
Watch our video to see how we perfectly layered everything to fit in the jar. Here is the order that works best:
Start with flour then add baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add chocolate chips and oats. Pack down tightly. Finally, add the sugars. Pack down again.
Note: the scripture reference for oats comes from the Doctrine & Covenants. A book of scripture used by the LDS faith. If you are not of the LDS faith, you can use a scripture verse that refers to any sort of grain and have the kids use that for oats instead.
I brought both raisins and chocolate chips and let the girls decide which ones they wanted to use. (Mostly because I don't like raisins in cookies and assume others might feel the same way!)
Download your printable cookies in a jar worksheet here!
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nancy harding says
Not sure about the sugar, the quiz says 1/4 c white &1/2 c brown. The answers say 1 1/2 c suger which one is correct? Thank you, Nancy
Brandy says
Hi! Where does it say 1 1/2 cups of sugar? I'm looking, but don't see that anywhere. 1/4 cup white and 1/2 cup brown is the measurement.
Bonnie says
I can't find the video that goes along with the this post. Could you please email me the link for the video also? Thank you for the wonderful ideas on your blog!
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A fun young women activity and treat all in one! Scripture cookies in a jar. Search scripture verses to find the ingredients. Pack into a jar and send home with each girl to make for her family! Would make a fun family home activity as well. This post contains affiliate links.
Looking for another fun activity to make with young women? Check out our acrylic necklaces and pocket fans!
Brandy says
Hi Bonnie! Do you have a pop up blocker on your computer perhaps? The video plays right underneath the first image. If it still doesn't play let me know and I'll try to figure out a way to send it to you. It's big file, but maybe I can try google drive or something.
Annette says
Tried this activity last night with my YW and they loved the idea. However I tried baking the cookies today and they fell flat! Not sure what happened. 😩
Brandy says
Hi Anette! I'm not sure what could have happened either. I had several extra jars and filled them when I made them with my YW and baked them at home. They were totally fine. I'm sorry I'm not more help to you!
Kim says
Tip: whenever creaming egg and butter, they should be at room temperature - 68-72 degeees. About 45-60 min. Or to take the chill off of butter, place in a bowl of warm, not hot, water before cracking. About 5-10 min.
Tip: for thick cookies that don’t spread much, put the scooped cookies in the freezer for 10-15 min before baking. Increase baking time by 1-2 min.
- From Baker Bettie Baking Book
Melissa Mills says
Hi there! Is there a video that goes along with this that I'm missing? I looked a few times and wasn't able to see a link to a video. I know this is an old post, so I'm not sure you'll even see this comment.
Brandy says
Hi Melissa! There is a video attached to the post. I’m not sure why it isn’t showing up for you. So strange because I can see it! Maybe an ad blocker is on? I’ll try to email it to you.