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Quick Gifts From the Kitchen: No Cooking Required

More than 50 recipes for mixes—no cooking required. Help cut your gift-giving budget with these inexpensive, handmade gifts. With tasty recipes like Orange Spice Cappuccino Mix, Cranberry Cornbread Muffin Mix, Chicken Tortilla Soup Mix and Chocolate-Cinnamon Popcorn Spice, you’ll find something for everyone on your list. Also includes a helpful guide for assembling gift baskets, plus directions for making fabric gift bags & decorating paper gift sacks to hold your mixes, creative ideas for packaging & cooking instruction tags to photocopy and cut out. Size: 5.5” X 8.5”, paperback, 72 pages. ISBN 978-0-9802244-6-7. $6.95

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Text Box: Cowboy Cookie Mix from Quick Gifts From the Kitchen

1-1/3 cups all purpose flour
1-1/3 cups quick cooking oats

1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup pecans, chopped

1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients until well blended. Place mix in a plastic zipper-type bag. Place bag in the center of a red bandana. Draw corners together and tie closed with jute or raffia. Attach cooking instruction tag like the one shown below.

Text Box: Cowboy Cookie Mix To Prepare: Preheat oven to 350°. Empty mix into a large bowl. Add 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted; 1 egg, slightly beaten; and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Stir to blend thoroughly. Shape into 1” balls and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake 11-13 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet then remove to racks to cool completely. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Text Box: German Chocolate Cake Mix in a Jar from Quick Gifts From the Kitchen

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar, gently packed

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup pecans, chopped

1/2 cup sweetened, flaked coconut,

gently packed

Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Pour flour mixture into a 1-quart wide-mouth canning jar. Tap jar gently on lightly padded surface on the counter to settle. Add cocoa and then granulated sugar, tapping jar gently on the counter after each layer to settle. Sprinkle brown sugar over granulated sugar and press down gently to pack. Add chocolate chips and then pecans, tapping jar gently after each layer to settle. Place coconut over pecans and press down gently to pack. Add the lid. Decorate jar lid with an 8” fabric circle cut from fabric using pinking shears. Attach a cooking instruction tag like the one shown below.

Text Box: German Chocolate Cake Mix To Prepare: Preheat oven to 350°. Empty contents of jar into a large bowl and stir to blend. In a separate bowl, blend 2 large eggs, 1/4 cup melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 3/4 cup milk. Add egg mixture to cake mix and stir just until moistened. Pour batter into a greased 9” square baking pan. Bake 25-30 minutes or until done. Cool in pan & cut into squares to serve.

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