Homemade Gift Jars

The idea is simple and you can make all sorts of jars based on the same idea.

My jar is for Smartie Cookies. I chose this recipe as the ingredients are mostly dry.

After I had cleaned, sterilised and dried my jar I sieved 150g self-raising flour.

I placed the flour in the jar first. Then I weighed out 100g golden caster sugar and carefully added this to the jar.

Lastly I added a 170g tube of Smarties which filled the jar to the top.

I printed the recipe, folded it and laid it on top.

I then simply cut out a circle of Christmas paper to put around the lid and tied it with thin ribbon.

If you like you could tie a small wooden spoon to the jar or hang a cookie cutter from the ribbon.

You can do the same thing with any cookie or muffin recipe, just add the dry ingredients and include the recipe.

Some handmade labels on your gift jars would look great too.