It's a gift from the heart: a made-from-scratch, meltingly delicious home-baked treat, that is. Now you can give the gift of baking to someone you love-complete with kitchen-filling aromas and fresh-from-the-oven goodness-thanks to a truly unique gift idea that doesn't call for a high degree of culinary skill.
Called "Cookie Mix in a Jar," it's a delightful recipe for holiday gift-giving. This decorative and easy-to-assemble gift can be personalized to taste and requires only basic cooking skills. For the gift-giver, all that's needed is a glass jar (wide mouth with a lid works best), dry ingredients and some festive flourishes for decoration. After layering the dry ingredients, add a personal touch by selecting colorful fabric, ribbons or trinkets and attach the recipe card. As a gift for a budding cook, add a set of kitchen measuring spoons or an attractive wooden mixing spoon.
The mixes pack the pure cane goodness of Domino Light Brown or Dark Brown Sugar, giving these delicious cookies a golden color and a light, chewy texture. All your gift recipient has to do is blend in the wet ingredients, drop onto a cookie sheet, bake and eat. When they're finished eating, they'll also have an attractive glass container.
Baking this holiday season may spread joy not only to family and friends, but also to 14 million children in hospitals, through Domino Sugar's support of the Children's Miracle Network, an organization that raises funds for kids in children's hospitals throughout North America. In so many ways, giving through baking is sure to bring a smile to a child's face somewhere this holiday season.
Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix in a Jar
Ingredients
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup firmly packed Domino Light Brown Sugar
- 1/3 cup Domino Granulated Sugar
- 1 cup (6 oz.) pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chunks or chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Directions
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Spoon into 1-quart wide mouth canning jar. Layer remaining ingredients in order given, making sure to pack down each layer firmly and clean inside of jar with paper towel after each layer. Decorate lid as desired.
- Attach these instructions to the jar: In large mixing bowl, cream together 2/3 cup softened butter or margarine, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon water and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy. Add contents of jar and mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375¡F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix in a Jar
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup firmly packed Domino Dark Brown Sugar
- 1-1/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions
- Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Spoon into 1-quart wide mouth canning jar. Layer remaining ingredients in order given, making sure to pack down each layer firmly and clean inside of jar with paper towel after each layer. Decorate lid as desired.
- Attach these instructions to jar: In a large mixing bowl, cream together 1/2 cup softened butter or margarine, 1 egg, and 2 teaspoons of vanilla until everything combines. Slowly add contents of jar and mix well. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on greased cookie sheet. Using the back of a spoon, flatten cookies slightly.
- Bake at 350¡F for 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly browned. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Source: NAPS
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