Recipes to Make Your Own Gifts
Use these recipes to delight your friends and family. Giving handmade baked goods or other treasures made from your own kitchen are unique gifts for any occasion; cookies, breads, homemade sauces, and more. Wrap a dozen cookies in a new cookie jar, or fill a gift box with gourmet sweet breads. Show off your cooking talents by giving a gift that is both practical and priceless. If you really want to give a gift that will be appreciated and enjoyed long after the holiday season is over, package up the dry ingredients for your favorite recipe in a decorative container (mason jars, gift bags or gift boxes work well for this) and give all the ingredients to make a sweet dessert, or sumptuous soup, in your container of choice. Attach a personally designed gift tag that includes the instructions on how to prepare the item using the ingredients inside. What little chef would not love to receive all the ingredients to make chocolate chip cookies in a decorative mason jar, along with a personalized gift certificate for a day of baking with their favorite aunt, uncle, cousin…? For older friends and family members, prepare small meals that can be frozen in Tupperware and pulled out when necessary for a quick and nutritious home cooked meal. Surely a gift to be treasured! If you are a canner, the the list of items you can prepare and give as holiday gifts is never ending, spaghetti sauce, beans, salsa, pie fillings and more.
You can also combine several family favorites into a mini cook book that will be enjoyed for years to come. Who knows, your family's secret recipes may become a best seller. Click on some of the links below for our favorites.
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