Homemade Food Gifts
I have always loved the cookie-mix-in-a-jar idea and in fact this weekend while standing at the check out stand at our favorite grocery store I bought one of those booklets that have these types of ideas in it!
Then I found similar ideas on Parents.com!!!
Note:
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You still have plenty of time to put something like this together!!
Homemade Food Gifts For The Holidays
This one looks good!
Ingredients
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brownulated sugar
3/4 cup swirled chocolate chips
Directions
1. Have ready a clean 1-quart reusable plastic or glass canister.
2. In a medium-size bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Spoon 1 cup of the flour mixture into a second bowl and add cocoa powder and cinnamon. Whisk to mix thoroughly.
3. Begin packing jar for gift: Spoon about half the flour mixture into bottom of jar. Use a small spice jar to lightly compress. Spoon in half the cocoa mixture; compress. Spoon in remaining flour mixture and cocoa mixture, compressing each layer.
4. Top second cocoa layer with granulated sugar and brownulated sugar, compressing each slightly. Pour chips over sugar and seal jar.
5. Write baking instructions on a tag (or print out); secure to jar with ribbon.
Baking Instructions:
In a large bowl, combine 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) melted and cooled unsalted butter with 3 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Stir in contents of jar. Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheets. Bake at 350°F for 13 to 14 minutes. Cool on sheets for 1 minute; transfer to rack.
Note: Brownulated sugar can be found in your grocery store’s baking section.
(I’m assuming Brownulated sugar is the same as our Brown Sugar??!!)
Homemade Holiday Cookie Mix
Rebecca
Country Meadow Ltd.
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