Gifts in a jar! These frugal consumable gifts feature, cookie ingredients, holiday beverage mixes, baking mixes or bean soup fixings layered in a glass canning jar, or Mason jar. Mason jar recipes make easy homemade Christmas gifts. Topped with a colorful fabric circle and a free printable gift tag, they're a welcome holiday treat.
Pour sugar into a 1-quart wide-mouth canning jar.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, soda and salt; pour half into the jar. Put the dried blueberries into a small lightweight plastic bag; tie or seal and cut off excess bag end, if necessary.* Add remaining flour mixture. Screw lid on and add a tag with instructions, or tuck instructions into the jar.
*You can add the dried blueberries right into the mixture without the bag, but they tend to sink into the dry ingredients. The bag will give the mix more of a "layered" look. Instructions for muffins. (include with jar)
Wild Dried Blueberry Muffins
2 eggs
4 ounces melted butter
1 cup milk or buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 jar blueberry muffin mix with dried blueberries
Whisk together the eggs, butter, milk or buttermilk, and vanilla. With a wooden spoon, stir in blueberry muffin mix just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Spoon batter into greased muffin pans, filling each muffin cup about 3/4 full. If desired, sprinkle tops with sugar or cinnamon sugar. Bake at 375° for about 25 minutes.
Makes 18 to 24 muffins, depending on size of muffin cups.
S'Mores In A Jar! What could be better? Combining the flavors of the familiar campfire treat with the seasonal sweetness of Peeps ® brand marshmallow candies, this recipe creates easy holiday gifts in a jar for all occasions. Choose your Peeps to match the season!
This gifts in a jar recipe is easy enough for children to make. To create this Mason jar gift, you'll layer crushed graham crackers, Marshmallow Peeps, brown sugar and chocolate pieces in a clear glass canning jar.
1
canning jar, quart-size with lid and ring
1 sleeve graham crackers (about 10 crackers or 1 1/2 cups of crushed crackers)
1 large package seasonal peeps ® brand marshmallow candies
1⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 1⁄4 cup chocolate chips or seasonal m&ms brand milk chocolate candies
1. Place graham crackers in a zipper freezer food storage bag. Use a rolling pin or meat tenderizer to crush crackers into crumbs. (You'll need about 1 1/2 cup of crushed crumbs: one "sleeve" of graham crackers, or about 10 whole crackers equals 1 1/2 cup when crushed.)
2. Place graham cracker crumbs into quart-sized canning jar. Use a meat tenderizer to pack crumbs tightly into the bottom of the jar.
3. Place Peeps candies against the glass on all sides of the canning jar. Press lightly to create a well in the center of the jar. (You'll use approximately 2/3rds of the package; our Halloween recipe used 6 of a 9-pack package of Ghost Peeps.)
4. Add brown sugar to the space in the center of the Peeps, pressing gently to pack.
5. Gently add chocolate chips or M&Ms to the top of the canning jar. Seal jar with lid and sealer ring.
6. Embellish jar with fabric circle, ribbon or raffia.
7. Print a printable gift tag, or create your own tag with the recipe below
S'Mores In A Jar Recipe
Empty jar into large bowl. Remove marshmallows and combine remaining ingredients, mixing well.
Snip marshmallows into small pieces with scissors. Return to bowl; stir into dry mix.
Melt 1/2 cup butter, and add melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/3rd cup buttermilk to bowl. Mix well.
Press lightly into greased 9-by-9 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Cranberry Hootycreeks
Pretty, festive and easy to make, Cranberry Hootycreeks make a welcome holiday cookie-in-a-jar gift.
Dried cranberries and white chocolate chips give a seasonal spin to these chunky oatmeal cookies.
To make, you'll layer flour mix with oats, dried cranberries, white chocolate chips and chopped nuts for a pretty jar gift; we make it easy with a free printable gift tag!
1 1⁄8 cup
sifted flour, all-purpose
1⁄2 cup rolled oats, uncooked
1⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
1⁄2 cup white chocolate baking chips
1⁄2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
Sift flour before measuring. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
Layer 1/2 the flour mixture in the bottom of a 1-quart canning jar, then add oats to the jar. Continue layering the remaining ingredients: flour mixture, granulated sugar, brown sugar (tamp tightly), dried cranberries, white chocolate baking chips, and chopped nuts.
Seal the jar, print and attach a printable gift tag. Or, hand-write recipe tag from the recipe below
Cranberry Hootycreeks Recipe
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, beat together 1/2 cup
softened butter, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla
until fluffy. Add contents of jar, and mix until
well blended.
Drop rounded tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until
edges start to brown.
Cool on wire rack.
Makes 18-24 cookies.
Sand Art Brownies
Sand Art Brownies are easy to make gift in a jar and oh, so pretty! Layered cocoa, brown sugar, chocolate chips and pecans make this Mason jar recipe extra-special.
1
wide-mouth quart (4-cup) canning jar
1 1⁄8 cup sifted flour, all purpose, divided
1⁄2 cup white chocolate chips
1⁄2 cup walnuts or pecans
Wash, rinse and dry canning jars.
Sift flour before measuring. Layer ingredients as follows:
2/3 t. salt
5/8 c. flour
1/3 c. cocoa powder
1/2 c. flour
2/3 c. brown sugar
2/3 c. sugar
1/2 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. white chocolate chips
1/2 c. walnuts
Close jars with lids and rings.[Hint for FoodSaver brand vacuum sealer owners: use the jar sealing attachment to seal jars for longer storage.]
Cut appropriate amount of 7-inch circles from cotton fabric. Top each jar with fabric circle, and tie with ribbon.
Attach a printable gift tag, or create your own tag using the recipe below.
Sand Art Brownies Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 9x9 baking pan.
2. Pour the contents of the jar into a large bowl and mix well.
3. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2/3 cup vegetable oil and 3 eggs. Beat until just combined.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
