Day 10 of 31 Days of December: Homemade Cookie Mix Jar

If you know someone in your family who loves to bake try giving them a cookie mix jar that you put together your self.  

To start, search one of their favourite cookie recipes online It can be anything from chocolate chip to oatmeal raisin.  For some cookie ideas check out allrecipes.com or pick one from the list below.

• Sugar cookies
• Peanut butter cookies
• Gingerbread cookies
• M&M cookies
• Chocolate chip
• Oatmeal Chocolate chip 
• Oatmeal Raisin
• Raisin

Once you have picked which cookie mix you would like to put together, you can start assembling your jar.

(Here is an example using oatmeal chocolate chip cookies)

1. Start off with a clean jar
2. Pour in 1 cup of flour into the bottom of the jar
3. Add 1/2 tsp of baking soda, 1/2 tsp of baking powder and 1/4 tsp of salt on top of the flour
4. Pour in 1-1/2 cups of rolled oats
5. On top of that layer add 1-1/2 cups of chocolate chips
6. Add your last layer of 1 cup of brown sugar
7. Close the jar and tie a ribbon around it
8. Attach a piece of paper with the instructions and that says to mix in 1 egg, 2 tsp of vanilla, and 2/3 cups of softened butter 

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