Ingredients

Grocery Items:

• 4 1/4 cups/1060 mL all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp/5 mL baking powder
• 1 tsp/5 mL baking soda
• 12 oz/340 g chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
• 1 1/4 cups/310 mL firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 1/4 cups/310 mL sugar

Additional Items:

• 2 – 1 quart/1 litre glass jars with lids
• 2  - Recipe Cards for hand written or printed instructions
• Decoration of Choice - Felt, Ribbon, etc.

Recipe makes two cookie mix gift jars.

Directions

Giftable Cookie Jar Assembly Instructions:

• Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl. Place half of the mixture in each of the 1-quart/1 litre jars.

Tip: Use the back of a spoon to pack the flour mixture down around the outside of the jar so that the jar layers look pretty when finished.

• Add half of the chocolate chips or chopped chocolate.
• Add half of the brown sugar to each jar using the same method to pack down the ingredient into the jar.
• Add half of the sugar to each jar using the same method as above.
• Place a lid on top of each jar and screw tightly closed.
• Attach recipe card to finished jar with a ribbon and add additional decorations to make the gift sparkle!

Recipe makes two cookie mix gift jars.

Recipe Card Instructions: 1 Card per Jar

Watkins Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients You Will Need:

• Watkins Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix Jar
• 1 1/2 tsp/7.5 mL Watkins Organic Original Gourmet Baking Vanilla®
• 3/4 cup/180 mL butter, softened
• 1 egg

Instructions:

• Heat oven to 375°F/190°C.
• Combine vanilla, butter, and egg in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed with a mixer or by hand until creamy. Reduce speed to low.
• Gradually mix in all of the contents of the Watkins Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix Jar until well mixed.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches/5 cm apart, onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Optional: Sprinkle with Watkins Mediterranean Sea Salt Grinder while still warm.

Makes approximately 1 1/2 dozen cookies.