One Of The Most Thoughtful Gifts A Person Can Give Is A Gift That Is Useful And Is Made With The Recipient In Mind. Gifts In A Jar Come In An Endless Variety. You Start With A Wide-mouthed Quart Jar And Layer The Ingredients For A Recipe. The Ingredients Can Be Cakes, Cookies, Soups, Pasta, Or One Of Any Number Of Things. I Have Included Two Recipes To Get You Started.Dream Cookies12 Cup Orange-flavored Drink Mix (Tang)34 Cup White Sugar1 12 Cups Vanilla Baking Chips1 34 Cups All-purpose Flour12 Teaspoon Baking Soda12 Teaspoon Baking Powder Combine The Flour With Baking Soda And Baking Powder. Starting With The Tang, Then Sugar, Chips And Flour Mix, Layer The Ingredients In A Glass Jar.Attach Instructions: Preheat Oven To 375 Degrees F Empty Contents Into A Large Mixing Bowl. Add 12 Cup Softened Butter, 1 Egg And Teaspoon Vanilla Extract. Mix Well. Roll Heaping Tablespoonfuls Into Balls. Place 2 Inches Apart On A Lightly Greased Baking Sheet. Bake At 375 Degrees F For 12 Minutes Or Until Lightly Browned. Cool.Colorful Soup Mix In A Jar1 Cube Beef Bouillon14 Cup Dried Minced Onion12 Cup Dried Split Peas12 Cup Uncooked Twist Macaroni14 Cup Barley12 Cup Dry Lentils13 Cup Long-grain White Rice1 Cup Uncooked Tri-color Spiral PastaUse A Funnel. Layer Ingredients In The Following Order: Bouillon, Onion Flakes, Split Peas, Small Shape Pasta, Barley, Lentils, Rice, And Enough Tricolor Spiral Pasta To Fill Jar.Attach Instructions: Brown 1 Pound Ground Beef Or Stew Beef In A Little Olive Oil. Remove Tricolor Pasta From Top Of Jar And Reserve. Add The Rest Of The Jar Contents To The Pan And Add 12 Cups Water. Boil And Simmer 45 Minutes. Add Tricolor Pasta And Simmer 15 Minutes More.
