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Easter Recipes

Happy Easter! Are you looking for delicious and festive Easter recipes to share amongst family and friends? Then, check out these recipes, recipe collections, and web stories.

Resurrection Rolls
Sourdough Resurrection Rolls are the perfect Easter recipe for children of all ages!

What is Easter?

According to History.com, “Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, in the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly A.D. 30.”

Finally, the Easter holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ,” – a series of events and holidays that begins with Lent—a 40-day period of fasting, prayer and sacrifice—and ends with Holy Week. As History.com notes, “Holy Week includes Holy Thursday (the celebration of Jesus’ Last Supper with his 12 Apostles), Good Friday (on which Jesus’ crucifixion is observed), and Easter Sunday.”

Easter Traditions

According to Britannica, Easter, like Christmas, has many great traditions. Although some have little to do with the Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, these traditions derive from folk customs.

Some of these customs or traditions include –

A Collection of Easter Recipes