Gift shopping is no easy feat, with the holidays quickly approaching, here’s some fun and easy gift recipes your family can make together! These are simple enough for the littles to make, but delicious enough for friends and family to enjoy!
They will all be easy to store and gift within a canning jar. Take the opportunity to decorate the jars as your family wishes, and add a gift tag with any instructions to complete the goodies in the jar. A great personal touch to add to the jars may be pieces of ribbon, a picture attached to the top of the jar, or even a handwritten note!
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Jar Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Jar Directions
Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Pour into a 1-quart canning jar. Layer with brown sugar, white sugar, and chocolate chips, making sure to pack down all the ingredients.
Baking Instructions to include with the Jar
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix 3/4 cup unsalted butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add 1 large egg and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; mix well. Slowly add cookie mix; mix until completely blended. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Makes approximately 36 cookies.
Holiday Potpourri
Jar Ingredients
- 1 slice dried orange (can use fresh fruit if gifting quickly)
- 1 slice dried apple
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ¼ cup cranberries (fresh or dried)
- 2 sprigs of pine or rosemary
- Pinch of whole cloves
Jar Directions
Add all ingredients to canning jar.
Cooking Instructions to include with the Jar
Boil 2-4 cups of water, add jar ingredients and reduce to a simmer for as long as desired to add a great scent to your home all day long.
5 bean soup mix
Jar Ingredients
- ⅓ cup pinto Beans
- ⅓ cup green split peas
- ⅓ cup black beans
- ⅓ cup great northern beans
- ⅓ cup kidney beans
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoons dried chopped onions
- 1 tablespoon dried garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 bouillon cube
Jar Directions
Add all ingredients to canning jar
Cooking instructions to include with the Jar
Add all ingredients to five cups of water. Add one 14 ounce can of diced tomatoes to the pan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low and simmer until the beans are tender and the soup is thick adding more water as necessary to soften the beans (around 90 minutes). Remove and discard bay leaf before serving. Season to taste.
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