Need a quick, thoughtful and yummy gift for someone? How about some homemade mason jars of cookie ingredients?  It’s a great homemade gift, especially for someone that loves to have fresh cookies baking in their home (and isn’t that everyone?)

These Cookie Mason Jars are a great gift and they’re not difficult to make!  I’ve even provided you a template of the instructions that you can print and tie to the jar.

Yield: 1 Jar (20 cookies)

Supplies/Ingredients

• 32 ounce wide mouth mason jar
• Granulated Sugar – 134 grams or ½ cup
• Brown Sugar – 116 grams or ½ cup
• Flour – 125 grams or 1 cup
• Baking Soda – 5 grams or 1 teaspoon
• Salt – 1 gram or ⅛ teaspoon
• Cocoa Powder – 51 grams or ½ cup + 2 tablespoons
• Instant Coffee or Espresso Powder – 1 tablespoon
• Peppermint Chips (like Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips) – 100 grams or ¾ cups
• Semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips – 100 grams or ¾ cups

Directions:

1. Fill your mason jar in a layered approach until full. I use the order in which my ingredients are listed. I use a scale to make the process faster and cleaner.
2. Print the instructions label and use a hole punch in the top left corner
3. Tie the instructions label around the mouth of the mason jar.
4. User will need:
   1. 1 stick of unsalted butter (8 tablespoons)
   2. 1 large egg
   3. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5. User Directions: 
   1. Preheat oven to 350
   2. Beat butter, egg and vanilla extract in a large bowl.
   3. Add ingredients from the jar and mix until combined.
   4. Chill for at least 3 hours.
   5. Drop rounded tablespoons onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet
   6. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are set. Time may vary depending on your oven.