Cookie Mix In A Jar Ingredients:

1) Quart jars with lids (washed an’ dried really, really good!)
2) Scraps of materiel (5X5 inch squares big enough to cover the lid tops.)
3) Ribbon (enough to encircle all the lids-with some tied an’ danglin’ down.)
4) Glue (a small bottle of Elmer’s will do.)
5) Paper (for writin’ recipes on, of course. Use your noggin’!)
6) Recipe & ingredients (well, duh!)

You'll be addin’ ONLY DRY INGREDIENTS to the jar, (if ya can’t figure out WHY, stop right here, an’ don’t bother with this recipe.)

NOTE: DO NOT put ingredients in a bowl to mix all together, (the idea is to LAYER these ingredients in the jars one at a time, an’ DON’T go shakin’ it up when loaded either.) You should have two colors in the jar, white on bottom, & the color of chips, nuts, or raisins on top….GET IT?

Cookie Mix in a Jar Dry Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup M&Ms, or chocolate chips, or butterscotch chips, or raisins, or nuts.

While you’re fillin’ jars, get the kids busy decoratin’ jar lids.

1) Cut material scraps into 5X5’ inch squares.
2) Glue cloth to center of ringed lid (or solid lid if you’re usin’ old mayo jars.)
3) Tie ribbon or raffia (if ya know what that is) around lid secured on jar. It makes cloth edges have a gathered effect, an’ holds ‘em down pretty-like too.)
4) Print the cookie-mix in a jar recipe (IN FULL) on nice paper that will fit on one side of the jar.
5) Trim recipe edges with pinking sheers.
6) Glue recipe to jar at a cute angle, (or hold it on with Christmas “To & From” tag.)

COOKIE-MIX IN A JAR WET INGREDIENTS:

DO NOT add to the jar. (Has to be included in the recipe tho’ or the
cookies will NEVER happen!)

1 jar of cookie mix
3/4 cup butter or margarine (HINT: use butter, they sure taste better even if there are a few more calories. Geeze! You’re eatin’ a cookie, not a piece of celery. Forget the diet for once!)
2 eggs (lightly whipped with a fork in a small bowl.)
1 tsp. vanilla

In a large bowl, stir cookie mix WET ingredients all together real good….Dump in cookie mix DRY ingredients right outta that gift-jar some ol’ sweetie gave ya, an’ stir like mad, (by hand, don’t ya get lazy on me now) all ingredients ‘til well mixed.

With a tablespoon, drop cookies on baking sheet.

Bake your cookie mix in a jar recipe at 375 degrees, 10 to 12 minutes. (Watch ‘em close. Nobody likes burnt cookies.)