Cookies for Santa in a jar
Ingredients
1 1/3 cup all purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup & leveled
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup cooking oats
3/4 cup m&ms
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 – 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional--I couldn’t get any to fit!)
Directions
Layer the ingredients in like this:
First: flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
Second: oats
Third: m&ms
Fourth: chocolate chips
Fifth: brown sugar
Sixth: white sugar
Seventh: chopped pecans
Pack each level down really tightly. I mean it. Pack it in. Or else it won’t all fit. Also, add the chopped pecans last, because if the ingredients were too much or not enough, then I could add more or less pecans to adjust. I’d rather sacrifice nuts than chocolate, you know. The ingredients should be flush to the top of the lid when you seal it up. One batch makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
To decorate the top: Cut fabric into 6 inch squares and ribbon into 25 inch pieces. Place the fabric on top and tie ribbon around the lid to hold it in place. (A rubber band is helpful to hold the fabric in place, then tie the ribbon around the rubber band, covering it up.)
Labels for jars can be found here: make-it-do
There is a link just before the last paragraph of this blog post that will give you the file for the labels. Print them out on white or colored cardstock/scrapbook paper and adhere to jar with double stick tape.
Sources bakerella and make-it-do