Christmas Crunch Cookies In A Jar
So this is a rather busy time of year isn’t it? Holiday parties, cookie exchanges, shopping for gifts, hanging out in airports for hours and hours on end…it’s certainly not the most relaxing time of year.
Time is precious. Who wants to spend all their time in the kitchen baking up holiday goodies for everyone under the sun? You should be out there scooping up some of those insane holiday bargains! Hello new spangly party top you gorgeous thing!
Oh right right! We meant to say, you want to spend time with family and friends, laughing, eating, going a-wassailing! Aaaand then sneak out and get an on sale spangly top. Better?
So how about you don’t actually bake anything? How about you just assemble? And let them bake!? We know, GENIUS.
It’s like “here, have this jar of ingredients.”
And they’re all “oh my goodness how thoughtful of you.”
And then you get to say “oh you’re soooo welcome” while in your head saying they know I didn’t actually make anything, right?
But it doesn’t matter. People get really excited to receive ready assembled jars of ingredients. No seriously. They get like insanely excited.
And they’re very appreciative. Because you just removed that whole measuring part of a recipe. How thoughtful are you!? You’re so sweet! You shouldn’t have!
But you did. Because you are an excellent gift giver (and ingredient assembler).
So take all this free time and go a-wassailing. And then go sale shopping.
You’re welcome.
Christmas Crunch Cookies
For the jar:
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup M&M’s
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup Rice Krispies
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
To make the cookies:
Jar contents plus
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
In a 1 quart jar, layer the jar ingredients in the order listed. Using a spoon or something with a flat bottom (we used a cocktail muddler, shocking) pack each layer down as much as possible before adding the next.
To make the cookies, preheat oven to 350. Beat together the butter, vanilla extract and egg in a large bowl. Add the contents of the jar and stir until well mixed. Drop rounded spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until puffed and golden.
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Reader Comments (22)
I would get insanely excited to get this as a gift!
Brilliant!
I LOVE these! So cute. If I hadn't spent all of last night making trays of peppermint bark to giveaway, I would definitely go this route! :) Thanks for sharing!
-Marissa
http://noraisinsonmyparade.com
Ooo, I love the krispies in these! I bet they add a great texture element. I actually have a Rice Krispies recipe I'm sharing tomorrow. :)
Great idea, ladies! As always :)
Question: I can't find the post where you mention who did the graphics for the website, but I remember wanting to order some prints for Xmas gifts. Any chance you could help a girl out?
I'm having the college gals from our church over tonight to make Christmas cookies and now adding these to the list! (just the cookies, not the jars) But, what a great idea!
Laura - our illustrations are from the fabulous Anne Harwell. Check out her etsy shop here - http://www.etsy.com/shop/annechovie?ref=top_trail - she's wonderful!
What a great idea! The jars are so cute. And the cookies look really yummy!
These look awesome. I have made cookies before using corn flakes or frosted flakes, I bet these are great with the Rice Krispies for some crunch!
What size jar did you use? 8 oz?
Jodi - we used a 1 quart Ball jar.
i love that you added the christmas-colored M&Ms to your jar, so much more festive that way! i made cookies with them the other day and they add such nice color, even if i don't celebrate christmas:-)
Great gift idea and recipe, it's good to see the finished cookie too. Rice crispies are a good change to the ordinary oatmeal cookie.
Mother and sister in law gift? Done and done. THANK YOU!!
Oh my YUM! These look so supper yummy. Perfect for giving away or keeping all for myself. Which I think I would choose to keep them. I'm planning a lot of baking this weekend, and these just got added to the list.
this would make an fabulous gift!
the cookies look delicious and perfect for the holidays!
Cute gift idea! And those cookies look good, too! :)
Oooh, I love this gift idea. So fun and festive - and yummy!
Yummy and perfect! Who wouldn't love to receive a "jar" of these!
Such a great gift idea!