What are the best cookies or baked goods to make as gifts and mail across the country?

Question

I would like to make baked goods to send to loved ones, but am not sure which ones keep the best in time to get there (with priority mail or the like) and can be enjoyed still soft and chewy to Christmas.

Suggestions are great, I can look up recipes, but recipes are welcome, too.

Merry Christmas!

I would like to make baked goods to send to loved ones, but am not sure which ones keep the best in time to get there (with priority mail or the like) and can be enjoyed still soft and chewy to Christmas.

Also, what is the best material/way to wrap them? Saran Wrap, etc.?
Suggestions are great, I can look up recipes, but recipes are welcome, too.

Merry Christmas!

Answer 1

banana nut bread holds up very well....also chocolate chip cookies hold up well...i have mailed both of these across the country and the person who got them told me it arrived fresh and delicious...also make sure you wrap your goodies very well before packaging them for mailing...also if you are mailing within the US consider overnight or 1-3 day express mail...Merry Christmas

Answer 2

Everyone loves these particular Giant Chocolate Chunk Cookies.

Shipping baked goods is tricky but it's so much fun. The stuff turns out to be heavier than I imagined it would be. And I use a scale here at home before mailing things. The baked goods end up weighing five, ten pounds--way more than I imagined...

If you use Priority Mail Flat Rate you can stuff anything into the box and it costs the same but then the boxes aren't all that big. IT might be worth your while to ship standard postage in a really big box, depending on what you ship.

For fragile things, use two boxes, smaller ones inside a larger one.

These cookies are BIG. So, they take up a lot of space in the boxes. They're sturdy though, and didn't break last year when I shipped them to the other side of the country, Priority Mail Flat Rate. It looks like a standard chocolate chip recipe, but something about it with the nuts and chocolate chunks, or maybe the parchment--I don't know--they are really special. Here is the recipe:

Giant Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Combine Dry stuff

1 1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Combine by hand in larg bowl

1/2 cup (1 stick) melted and slighted cooled butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
Then, stir in,
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract

Then stir in the dry ingredients above

Then stir in
1/2 cup quick or old fashioned oats (can use more)
1/2 cup crushed pecans
1 cup dark chocolate chunks

Mix up, incorporate well to form a long tube and chill in the frig for at least one hour.

Then, slice off big 1/4-1/2 cup pieces from the tube. Dont worry about forming them too well they will melt down a little when baking.

To bake, line baking sheet with parchment--important. Bake at 350 for 15 min.

These have just the right soft to chewy ratio for a cookie.

Answer 3

Peanut butter cookies always hold up well. Plus they are very easy to make. The recipe calls for mostly peanut butter and if they get a little hard dip them on milk and they soften right up.

edit: Stack the cookies and wrap in plastic wrap. Then lay then in a padded box to make sure they do not break during delivery

Answer 4

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Answer 5

You could always try the great Gift Baskets or Food section on Shopallstoresonline.com if you didn't feeling like baking them yourself - Just an idea.

Answer 6

not a baked good but you can make different kinds of fudge and hard candy. they are really easy to do and recipes are all over the web for them. hope this helps.