Gift Jar Mix Recipes

1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cup flour

Combine ingredients in a bowl and whisk by hand until well combined. Make sure no lumps remain, the mixture should be powdery and not lumpy. Add to a jar or other container with an airtight lid or top.

Attach this note to the container or jar:

Candy Cookies Recipe

1 cups Softened butter (unsalted)
1 lg egg
1 jar of Candy Cookie Mix
1 cups of candy bar or chocolate chunks (snickers, mars, peanut butter cups, butterfinger bars, etc.)

Pre-heat oven to 350F degrees. In a mixing bowl, beat softened butter till creamy and smooth. Add in the egg, and continue mixing well. Add entire jar of Candy Cookie Mix, as well as the candy chunks. Blend on a low speed until combined, but do not overmix. Form dough into 1 1/2″ balls and place 2″ apart onto un-greased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 min., til light golden brown on edges. Remove cookies from oven and remove from baking sheet after a couple minutes to cool completely on wire racks. Yield 3 dozen cookies.

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoons ground allspice
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoons ground cloves
1 cups packed brown sugar

Mix the 2 cups of flour with baking powder and baking soda. Mix the remaining flour (1 1/2 cups) with the ground spices, including cinnamon, allspice, ginger and cloves. In a 1 quart canning jar, layer ingredients, starting with flour at bottom and then baking powder. Then add sugar. Lastly, add the flour and spice mixture. Make sure to press firmly between each layer.

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Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

1. Place contents of jar into mixing bowl, stirring all ingredients well. Mix in a 1/2 cup of butter, 3/4 cups of molasses and 1 egg. Dough should be quite stiff. Cover dough and chill for at least 1 hour.
2. Pre-heat oven to 350F degrees.
3. Roll out dough to a quarter inch thickness onto a lightly-floured surface. Slice into shapes with your favorite cookie cutters, preferrably gingerbread man shapes. Place the cookies onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Place cookies 2″ apart.
4. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool, then decorate. Makes about 1 1/2 dozen cookies.