Need recipes or sites to make gifts in jar foods?

Answer 1

Pumpkin Spice Cake in Jars
Serves 8

This is an easy and fun gift to make at Christmas time.

1 cup Seedless Raisins, chopped
1 cup Walnuts, chopped
2 cups All-purpose Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Ground Cloves
2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
4 Eggs
2 cups Sugar
1 cup vegetable Oil
16 ounces Canned Pumpkin Purree

Preheat oven to 325ºF.

Sterilize 8 (12 oz) canning jars, lids and rings by boiling for 10 minutes.

Remove jars from water with tongs and allow to air-dry and cool. Leave the lids and rings in the hot water until ready for use.

Using a pastry brush, brush the inside of the cooled jars with melted shortening and set aside.

In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger. Add raisins and walnuts and toss them in the flour. This keeps them from sinking to the bottom as the cakes bake. In another large bowl, beat eggs at high speed until thick and yellow (2-3 minutes). Gradually beat in the sugar until thick and light. At low speed, beat in the oil and pumpkin,. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until well blended. Divide among the 8 canning jars (should be slightly less than 1/2 full. Wipe the outsides of the jars if any mixture has spilled while you were filling them.

Place jars on a cookie sheet and bake 35-40 minutes or until a pick inserted into the center of each jar comes out clean. Remove jars from oven one at a time with heavy oven mitts.

Place a lid and ring on and screw down tightly.

Place the jars on counter top to cool. Jars will make a clicking sound when they seal

Answer 2

You wouldn't put this first recipe into a jar, but it makes a nice gift wrapped in Saran Wrap and tied with a bow. Name my recipes after the friends who give them to me...the first one's a sweet bread with variations, and the second one's for cookies. Both make really nice gifts.

GENEVIEVE'S FRIENDSHIP AMISH BREAD

Starter Mix

1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/4 C warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 C all-purpose flour, divided
3 C white sugar, divided
3 C milk, divided

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 10 minutes. In a 2 qt glass, plastic, or ceramic container (DO NOT USE METAL!!!), combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or flour will lump when milk is added. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and dissolved yeast mixture. Cover loosely and let stand until bubbly. Consider this day 1 of the 10 day cycle. Leave loosely covered at room temperature.

Days 2 thru 4; stir starter with a spoon.

Day 5; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk.

Days 6 thru 9; stir only.

Day 10; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk.

Remove 1 cup mixture to make your first bread, give 2 cups to friends along with the following bread recipe. Store the remaining 1 cup starter in a container in the refrigerator until you're ready to begin the 10 day process over again.

NOTE: Once you have made the starter, to make more you will ignore Day One/Step 1 and proceed with step 2. You can also freeze the starter in 1 cup measures for later use. Frozen starter will take at least 3 hours at room temperature to thaw before using.

Friendship Amish Bread

1 cup starter mix
⅔ C vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 C all-purpose flour
1 C white sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
1¼ tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease two 9 x 5" loaf pans.

In a large bowl, combine the Amish bread starter with above ingredients and mix well. Pour into prepared loaf pans. Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes.

Variation..................

1 c starter mix
1 C vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1½ tsp baking powder
1½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate OR lemon pudding mix
½ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease two 9 x 5" loaf pans.

In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, chocolate pudding mix (or lemon pudding mix).

Make a well in the center of this mixture. Add Amish friendship bread starter, vegetable oil, milk, eggs and vanilla extract; mix well. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from pan.

RHONDA'S CHRISTMAS COOKIES

2 ½ lb pkg dates-chopped
½ lb butter
2 C brown sugar                                                                                                           
1 C Angel flake coconut
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1 C chopped pecans
4 C rice krispies

Cook dates, butter, brown sugar and coconut on low heat until it comes to a full boil. Reduce heat and simmer an additional 6 min, stirring constantly - careful not to burn.

Remove from heat and add last 2 ingredients.

Roll into small balls then roll immediately in powered sugar.  Will be hot when rolling. Will keep for a long time in airtight container.

Answer 3

www.kraftfoods.com
www.pillsbury.com
www.hersheyskitchen.com
www.eaglebrand.com

All these sites have incredible recipes on them!

Answer 4

best recipe website known to man, http://allrecipes.com/default.asp

Answer 5

try this Yahoo! group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vbishop6/

from the archives, it looks pretty sweet

Answer 6

try christmas beets , they are sweet and good and are very colorful ,

Answer 7

try ebay or yahoo