A long time ago a girlfriend and I saw these and the Internet was no where near as big as it is today....so we had NO idea what we were doing and could not just "Google" it. So we set out to "do it ourselves" and ended up making huge messes and broken jars. To this day I still do not know if anyone ever made the cookies or just kept the jar for looks.A few years ago I was at my local cake supply store and found a recipe book for "Cookies in a jar" and since it was only a few buck, I picked one up. Clearly it was done by one of the ladies that worked there or someone she knew and they decided to sell it for her....anyway, I forgot I had it till I came upon it a few weeks ago! SCORE! I remembered my Mom saying that I had some jars left over at her place and she brought them to me and there were eight jars. Hubby grabbed three bags of plain red/green M&M's from the store and off I went making jars for co-workers and my son's teachers. I managed to get four jars of cookies from three bags of M&M's then I was stumped for the fifth jar... I found in the back of the book a recipe for Brownies in a Jar and I did not have enough of the nuts so I substituted with the remaining M&M's and so the brownies will have walnuts and M&M's, YUM!
You use quart size jars and the book says "wide mouth" but I did not have those so I used what I had and everything fit. You layer the ingredients in order and then make your tags and you are done!
Cookies in a Jar
1 1/4 C granulated sugar
1 1/4 C plain M&M's
2 C flour mixed with 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp baking soda
layer in jar in order
attach tag that says the following
1-Empty jar of cookie mix into large mixing bowl
Use your hands to thoroughly blend mix
2-Add; 1 stick of butter, 1 egg and 1 tsp vanilla
3-Mix until completely blended, you will need too finish mixing with your hands
4-Shape into balls the size of walnuts, place 2" apart on sprayed baking sheets
5-Bake at 375 for 12-14 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheets then remove cookies to racks to finish cooling.
Makes 1 1/2 dozen
Brownies in a Jar
2 1/4 C sugar
2/3 C cocoa powder
3/4 C chopped nuts
1 1/4 C flower mixed with
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
Layer in jar in order
Attach tag that says the following
1-Empty jar of brownie mix into large mixing bowl.
Use your hands to thoroughly blend mix.
2-Add: 1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine melted
4 eggs, lightly beaten
3-Mix until completely blended
4-Spread batter in a sprayed 9"x13" baking pan
5-Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Cut into 2" squares.
Makes 2 dozen
