Gifts in a Jar: Bars & Brownies (Gifts in a Jar, 3) [Spiral-bound]

G & R Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Series: Gifts in a Jar, 3 | Publication Date: July 2001

This book is filled with recipes to make your own gifts. Each mix fits into a quart jar. The book even includes tags complete with recipient directions with each recipe. Just cut it out, personalize and attach to the jar. Fun to make and affordable, gifts in a jar make great gifts for neighbors, teachers and friends!

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 128 pages
• Publisher: G & R Pub (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563831236
• ISBN-13: 978-1563831232
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #792,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Tumbs Up!!, January 15, 2004

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"dr_jat2" (Avon, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gifts in a Jar: Bars & Brownies (Gifts in a Jar, 3) (Spiral-bound)

I bought the entire series and was very impressed. I was tired of baking cookies every Christmas and thought I would try something new. I am SO glad that I gave "mixes" instead of stressing over baking. The responce I got was TWO THUMBS UP!

I made over two dozen mixes in two hours! The most difficult part was cutting the labels and decorations! I bought fabric that didn't fray, elastic jeweler's thread and gold bells. The books come with six receipe cards to attach to the jar!

The only suggesting I have is to buy the supplies at Costco and buy bulk. You'll need 10# more pounds than you think. I found myself running back to the store two times. For four dozen mixes (of cookies and bars) you'll need 40# of flour 20# sugar 15# brown sugar plus hoards of chopped walnuts and various "chips". I found that I needed far more white chocolate chips than anticipated. I experimented by adding different flavored chips (peanut butter, andes mint chips). Buy the WIDE mouth jars - you can buy a "funnel" at Walmart for $1.50. My local grocier ran out of wide mouths so I bought regular jars and had to make a paper funnel (pain in the...). Now-a-days, when you buy the wide mouth jars the lids are attached (no precleaning).

I live at high altitude and made adjustments to the cookie mixes, still they baked flat. For high altitude - stick to the bars and breads.

The only thing I would do differently: Photo copy the receipe cards so you don't have to recreate them on the computer. You can buy heavy stock paper (20#) and go to Kinkos and reprint them.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Brownies were a little ...okay ALOT dry, May 13, 2004

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Martin E. Pochis (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gifts in a Jar: Bars & Brownies (Gifts in a Jar, 3) (Spiral-bound)

I'm only writing this review to let you know the actual outcome of one of the recipes. I fell in love with Gifts In A Jar because they make great unique gifts. I made 4 jars today to give to teachers. Because this was my first time giving the gift to others I thought I'd try the recipe to taste what they would be making. They were VERY dry. Have one with a big glass of milk. The jars themselves came out very cute but I wished I had tasted the recipe before I decided to do them. I am a little disappointed. Just thought you'd like to know too. Try the recipe first and then decide if you want others to think this is your culinary best. I wish I had time to get another gift. Oh well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift item, June 2, 2009

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Heather Walker (Homestead fl) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gifts in a Jar: Bars & Brownies (Gifts in a Jar, 3) (Spiral-bound)

This is a good gift item, not only to give as a gift but also to make gifts from. The only problem that I have with it is there are only a handful recipes in it and alot of tags to attach to the jar. The improvement I think could be made is to have the lables availible online and put more recipies in the book.