Gingerbread Cookie Mix - Home Cooking

2-1/2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup flour

2 tsp. ground ginger

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. ground allspice

1 tsp. ground cloves

Mix 2 cups flour with the baking soda and baking powder. Place in the bottom of a one-quart, wide-mouth canning jar. Add the brown sugar next. Mix the remaining 1 cup flour with the spices. Add this mixture last.

Place a 2-piece lid on the jar. Place a 7" circle of fabric... in a gingerbread pattern, a Christmas plaid, a holiday calico... over the lid. Use a piece of thin ribbon or raffia to secure the fabric topper.

Tie a gingerbread man cookie cutter on the jar and a card with the following directions -

Gingerbread Cookie Mix
Place 1/2 cup butter (softened), 3/4 cup molasses and 1 lightly beaten egg in a large bowl. Mix until well blended. Empty gingerbread cookie mix into a separate bowl and stir ingredients together. Add to the butter/egg mixture and mix well. Dough will be very stiff... Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut into shapes with the cookie cutter. Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet, 2"apart. To use as ornnaments, use a thin straw to make a hole for a ribbon in the top of each one before baking. Decorate with raisins, cloves, or small cinnamon candies, if desired. Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes.

Or, use this printable tag -

To print this tag -

Place your cursor aside of the tag image.

Left click on your mouse and drag the cursor across the tag to highlight the image.

Release the mouse button and click on "file" on the taskbar.

Click on "print"

In the printer control box, click on "print selection".

Click on "apply", then on "print"

You'll print just the jar tag... not the entire page.

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	Allyson Elizabeth D´Angelo BellaOnline's Home Cooking Editor