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Cookie Mix in a Jar
How to adapt any cookie recipe into a thoughtful cookie mix in a jar gift. A versatile gift you can tailor to anyone's tastes or diet.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 30 cookies, approx.
Calories: 124 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
For the Cookie Mix:
- 1 ¼ cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour or a 1:1 GF baking blend or white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup brown sugar light or dark
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup Mix-ins of your choice choose from chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, chopped nuts, dried fruit, or shredded coconut.
For Baking the Cookies:
- ½ cup butter softened (1 stick)
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- To make the mix, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Place the flour mixture in a 1-quart jar.
- Layer the brown sugar, granulated sugar, mix-ins of your choice, and oats in the order listed, pressing firmly after each layer. Seal with lid and decorate with ribbon as desired. Attach recipe printable.
- To bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F with the oven rack in the center position.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, egg, and vanilla until well blended. Add the cookie mix and mix well, breaking up any clumps.
- Drop the dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheets, leaving about 1 1/2 inches between each ball of dough.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until light golden brown, rotating the pan’s positions halfway through. Remove from the oven, and let cool on a wire rack.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1(of 30) calulated using 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips as mix-in
Calories
124kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
16g
(5%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
15mg
(5%)
Potassium
74mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
107IU
(2%)
Calcium
17mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 30cookies, approx.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 124
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1(of 30) calulated using 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips as mix-in | |
| Calories | 124kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 74mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 107IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 17mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.