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  • Gifts in a Jar

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    Gifts in a Jar
    Publisher of The English Kitchen
    by Marie Rayner
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    Ingredients

    • Oatmeal and Raisin Cookie Mix In a Jar*
    • Makes 1 1-litre jar
    • Printable Recipe
    • 100g of plain flour (1 cup)
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
    • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 150g of soft light brown sugar (3/4 cup)
    • 110g of granulated sugar (1/2 cup)
    • 100g of raisins (3/4 cup)
    • 160g of old fashioned oats
    • Whisk
    • together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, soda and salt. Layer the
    • ingredients in the jar as follows, tamping each layer down well before
    • adding another layer. Half the flour mixture. Half the brown sugar.
    • The raisins. The white sugar. The remaining half of the brown sugar and
    • the oats. You may think it won't all fit, but it will. Just
    • persevere. Screw on the lid tightly. Decorate as you wish and attach a
    • label with the baking directions.
    • Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Mix In a Jar*
    • Makes 1 1-litre jar
    • Printable Recipe
    • 50g of plain flour (1/2 cup plus 2 TBS allpurpose)
    • 40g old fashioned oats (1/2 cup)
    • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 66g soft light brown sugar (1/3 cup)
    • 63g of white sugar (1/3 cup)
    • 75g dried cranberries (1/2 cup)
    • 90g white chocolate chips (1/2 cup)
    • 60g of chopped pecan nuts (1/2 cup)

    Directions

    My mother never ever liked getting a gift for Christmas that had anything to do with cooking, cleaning or eating . . .well except for chocolates that is. I never saw her turn down a nice box of choccies. She just didn't want to get the other stuff, like mixers or blenders, or jars of jam, etc.

    Me on the other hand, I just love, Love, LOVE to get any gift that has anything to do with the kitchen or eating! I have had a Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer on my wish list for years now, to no avail, but . . . I live in hope.

    Candy Apple Red or Powder Blue or even yellow would do me fine. Actually who am I trying to kid, I'll take it in any colour I can get it! But I digress . . .

    The first one is the Oatmeal and Raisin Cookie Mix in a Jar, and let me tell you they are fabulous cookies. Very delicious. These mixes are so easy to make, and such fun to give and to receive. I really love decorating the jars up and making them pretty with ribbons and bows, etc.

    You can decorate the up with Cute little Christmas Ornaments, or whatever. Little cloth caps, ribbons . . . let your imagination and creativity carry you away!

    And if you aren't into cookie mixes in a jar, you can just make some for yourself. These cookies are fabulous. Very, very tasty indeed!

    Layer

    the ingredients in a clean canning jar in the order given, tamping

    each layer down into place before adding the next one. (I use my

    pampered chef tamper for this, but you could use the end of a rolling

    pin as well.) Screw on the lid tightly. Attach a gift tag with the

    mixing and baking directions and decorate the jar as desire

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