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Southerners excel at two things around the holidays—gift-giving and baking. When those two things combine, gorgeous food gifts are born. Our latest favorite way to package a little love for our friends? Mason jar cookies.
These Mason jar cookie recipes are easy, cute, and delicious. To make a Mason jar cookie recipe, start with your jar and layer the dry ingredients in the jar one after the other to create a colorful, textured look. Wrap the jar with a ribbon, and include a handwritten recipe card for the cookies.
Not only are these Mason jar cookies a sweet gift, but they're also affordable. You probably already have many of the ingredients on hand! These Mason jar cookies are just the right size to pop on your neighbor's doorstep, in Mama's mailbox, or in your kids' stockings. Plus, you can change the theme of your Mason jar cookie wrapping for the changing seasons, holidays, and occasions. Whether you're gifting these Mason jar cookies or want to enjoy them for yourself, you've got to try these sweet recipes.
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
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Know a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup lover? You've got to gift them these sweet cookies. One jar makes about 36 regular cookies.
Milk Chocolate-Cherry Cookie Mix
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Try a new chocolate chip cookie recipe festive for the holidays with white chocolate and cherries. Substitute dried cranberries for cherries if you prefer. One jar makes enough for 30 cookies.
Cowboy Cookie Mix in a Jar
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Cowboy cookies are a forever-favorite cookie to us. This eclectic cookie layers well, making a beautiful way to present this gift. One jar makes about three dozen cookies.
Christmas Macaroon Mix
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These cookies are the prettiest addition to a holiday dessert spread. Candied cherries, flaky coconut, and chopped almonds combine for a delicious macaroon. One jar makes about 30 cookies.
Chocolate Raisin and Oatmeal Cookie Mix
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A hint of pumpkin pie spice adds a seasonal element to this cookie mix. Rolled oats, chopped walnuts or pecans, and chocolate-covered raisins add a unique texture and flavoring to this mix. This jar makes about three dozen cookies.
Chocolate Cookie Mix in a Jar
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Chocolate lovers will be thrilled to find this cookie mix in their stockings. Chopped pecans add a little something extra to this traditional cookie mix. The jar typically makes about three dozen cookies.
Lemon Crispies
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These six-ingredient cookies are easy to make. The cookies freeze well, so you have them when you need something sweet. Plus, this jar makes about 54 cookies, so freezing some is probably a good idea.
Cranberry Hootycreeks
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These sweet little cookies are perfectly festive for the holidays. Dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, and chopped pecans add interest to the beautifully-colored ingredient layers. This jar makes about 18 cookies.
Butterscotch Pecan Shortbread Cookie Mix
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These buttery cookies will stand out among the usual cookie swap lineup. The butterscotch-flavor pieces on the top pile will be too irresistible not to bake. This jar makes about 40 cookies.
Snickerdoodle Mix in a Jar
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Snickerdoodles are a classic cookie we love to bake—and gift! With only five ingredients—mainly pantry staples—this cookie recipe is great for a last-minute gift. This jar recipe makes about three dozen cookies.
Toasted-Coconut Drops
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If you want something sweet that's not entirely diet-busting, these cookies have some good-for-you ingredients and aren't too heavy on the calorie scale. Flaxseed meal isn't a common cookie ingredient, but in these drop cookies, it works. This jar makes about two dozen cookies.
Julia's Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies In A Jar
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You probably already have the five ingredients you need to create this Mason jar cookie mix. Layer flour, baking soda, white sugar, brown sugar, and semisweet chocolate chips. That's it! This jar makes about two dozen cookies.
Cranberry-Vanilla Cereal Drops
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The kids will be so excited to help make these cute five-ingredient cookies. It's only cranberry-vanilla crunch cereal, tiny marshmallows, macadamia nuts, dried cranberries, and chopped vanilla-flavor candies. The best part is this mixture makes about 60 drops, so there is plenty to share.
Sand Art Cookies
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Kids will love this Mason jar cookie mix with colorful candy-coated chocolate, chocolate chips, and crispy cereal. These jars are almost too beautiful to use—almost. The jar mixture makes about two dozen cookies.
Oatmeal Raisin Spice Cookie Mix in a Jar
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Sugar, warm spices, and oatmeal make for a delicious cookie mix. Store these in a cool place to prevent clumping. This jar makes about three dozen cookies.
Toffee-Pecan Cookie Mix
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This cookie mix has a little bit of everything. A gift everyone would love to receive, try layering these ingredients: chocolate, toffee, coconut, and pecans. One jar makes about 30 cookies.
Chocolate-Nut Cookies
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Plan the colors of the candy-coated chocolate pieces around the holiday or event for a festive gift. Bakers will love the layers of flour, brown sugar, coconut, chocolate pieces, and peanuts. This jar makes about 20 cookies.
Coconut Crunch Cookie Mix
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Crushed cornflakes cereal and chopped pecans add plenty of texture to these crunchy cookies. Substitute wheat cereal flakes for cornflakes if you prefer. This jar makes about three dozen cookies.
Tropical White Chocolate Cookie Mix
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Switch up your usual chocolate chip cookie routine and go on vacation with white chocolate and shredded coconut. This recipe uses dried apricots, mango, papaya, or pineapple (or a combination) for the fruit. This jar makes about two dozen cookies.
Peanut-Toffee Cookie Mix
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Toffee, candy-coated chocolate pieces, and peanuts meet for the perfect salty-sweet combination that kids and adults will love. The different layers are pleasing to see but will taste even better. One jar makes about 30 cookies.
Whole Wheat Chocolate Raisin Cookie Mix
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Golden raisins, dark chocolate, and coconut make for an all-new cookie with whole wheat flour on the lighter side. Toast the pecans for extra flavoring. This jar makes about 30 cookies.
Hazelnut Rocky Road Brownie Mix
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While technically not a cookie mix, this chocolate and hazelnut mixture deserves to be on the list. Anyone who receives this gift will love these chocolate treats. This jar serves about 16 people.
Toffee Blondies in a Jar
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Another cookie alternative, but just as good. Toffee blondies will be your new go-to dessert after trying this mixture. The jar makes enough blondies for about 16 people.
If you are attending a cookie swap, try these classic treats you'll see at every Southern cookie swap.