Guest Blogger - little ray
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I recently was part of a Christmas market, The Sugar and Spice Children’s Market in Woodend, Victoria where the organisers gave a biscuit mix in a jar to all of the stallholders as a present. I thought this was such a wonderful idea that I decided to make a few myself and give them as Christmas presents.
I found a great recipe on allrecipes.com which could be altered slightly for a Christmassy feel. Looking on the internet there are many versions that could be adopted or you could use your favourite tried and tested biscuit recipe.
It’s a very easy, quick idea for a present or alternatively you could use the recipe to make some biscuits for yourself!
I bought some glass jars at Spotlight (thought I’m sure you’d be able to find similar ones at many other places). They need to be approximately 1 litre in size to fit all of the ingredients.
The ingredients are -
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup Christmas themed red and green M&M’s (or other similar chocolates)
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/4 cups plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup rice bubbles (or similar)
With the jar layer the ingredients in as follows –
• White sugar
• Rolled Oats
• M&Ms
• Chocolate Chips
• Brown Sugar
• Plain flour, Baking Powder, Salt
• Rice Bubbles
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Pack each layer down so that they will all fit in the jar. The jar I chose to use already had a nice lid but if you wanted to make it more festive you could cut a round of Christmas themed fabric or paper and tie it over the lid.
Place a label on the jar (or tied to the lid) with the following instructions –
Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Place baking paper on a tray. Empty the entire contents of the jar into a medium bowl. Add 1 large egg and 1/2 cup of margarine melted; mix well. Form dough into balls and bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven.
Enjoy!
