Look no further for the perfect gift for those who love to bake. The Dairy Kitchen shares their delicious recipe for Christmas cookie gift jars.
Cookie gift jars make a great gift for school teachers, work colleagues or anyone who loves sweet treats. A great gift jar should contain all the dry ingredients needed to make the cookies, plus a tag to explain the wet ingredients to be added to the mix.
Then the lucky recipient simply adds the extra ingredients to make delicious cookies that will impress their friends.
Ingredients (makes 35)
For gift jar:
340g self-raising flour, sifted.
A pinch of salt.
160g brown sugar.
65g dried cranberries.
75g dried apricots, roughly chopped.
80g white chocolate, roughly chopped.
80g dark chocolate, roughly chopped.
Extra ingredients for baking:
125g butter, melted.
2 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten.
Method
1. Starting with the flour, evenly layer the flour, salt, sugar, cranberries, apricot, white chocolate and dark chocolate firmly in a 1 litre jar with lid and seal.
2. Using a ribbon, tie on a gift tag with the following directions: Just mix in 125g melted butter and two extra-large eggs. Roll into balls and place on lined baking trays 4cm apart. Flatten slightly and bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 16-20 minutes.
Cool on wire racks.
