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Baking Christmas gifts...

Posted: Oct 19, 2009

At my husband's family get together last weekend, I realized that my husband's family is just too huge to keep buying individual Christmas presents (15 adults and 5 kids, not counting his dad and my parents) plus our 3 kids so I've decided to get nice containers like a hatbox and fill it with baked goods, spiced pecans and jar mixes for each family.

So my questions are:

What jar mixes do you like to give/receive?

What baked goods do you like to give/receive?

TIA

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christmas gifts - AW

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I do that for my hubbies family because his family is huge. I also do it for teachers. I have never made any jar recipes but I will do peanut butter bon bons which are basically peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter, and krispies covered in chocolate (search AllRecipes.com for good ones), choc. chip cookies, brownies, and we will cover pretzels with the white/vanilla almond bark. Yummy! Hope this helps!

I love to receive home-made gifts! - sm

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I'm Italian, and cookies were such an important part of Christmas. Some of those cookies were pretty involved, however. These days, I make lots and lots of pizelle. You need a special pizelle maker to "bake" them. It looks like a waffle maker. But they are easy, quick and delicious, and inexpensive once you've bought the special appliance. I make piles of them and wrap then in cellophane, and sometimes include some flavored coffee to go along. I also sometimes take the pizelle fresh off the iron and lay them over a small bowl. They then form little cups as they cool. Those make great ice cream bowls, so I package them with ice cream toppings. Those are a big hit.

Getting ready to do this myself...sm - Bookworm

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Looking forward to other ideas you get. Personally, fill a jar with mixed nuts, a plate of just about any cookie and I'm a happy camper. I give Snowman Soup (dressed up hot cocoa mix) to kids and chocolate lovers. The Flylady website had a recipe for powdered mocha mix which I hope to find. I have 2 "Gift in a Jar" books, one for muffins and breads and the other for soups. Plenty of ideas in there. The blueberry bread, so far, is my favorite with butter pecan bread very close behind. The soup jars are good for someone watching their diet or with diet restrictions.

On a related note: Does anyone know if dried fruit is a no-no for diabetics? A friend was recently diagnosed. I plan on trying a couple recipes with Splenda instead of sugar to see what they are like first and will also double-check the ADA sites, but thought I would ask.

Flylady Mocha Recipe..sm - passing thru

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I just got that Flylady mocha recipe this weekend. Its:
1 cup instant coffee (she prefers Tasters Choice)
2 cups Nesquick choc milk mix
3 cups Carnation instant milk

I'm looking forward to trying it!

Mmm. Thanks "Passing Thru." Will try it this week. nm - Bookworm

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nm

Anything chocolate. No fruit or dates. I especially - like chocolate-covered pretzels. (nm) Zircon

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