How to Make Sugar Cookie Mix for Gifts
Learn how to make Sugar Cookie Mix for gifts! This easy recipe is a fun and festive gift for the holiday season, especially for families with kids.
If you are looking for more holiday gift ideas, check out some of my other favorites like Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark, Easy Christmas Present Brownies, Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix for Gifts, Homemade Candied Pecans Without Eggs, Healthy Gingerbread Granola With Olive Oil, or Cinnamon Honey Butter.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- Recipe Name: How to Make Sugar Cookie Mix for Gifts
- Ready In: 5 minutes
- Makes: 1 gift jar
- Main Ingredients: all purpose flour, cane sugar, baking powder, salt
- Flavor Profile: sugar cookie
- Dietary Info: no seed oils
- Difficulty: Easy!
- Why You’ll Love It: shelf stable edible holiday gift you can make ahead
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Easy: This homemade gift is incredibly easy to make! Even if you are not a baker and want to give a homemade gift, this is so easy! Plus, it will impress all the bakers in your life as they can then enjoy themselves and make cookies!
- Festive: This cute Sugar Cookie Mix is incredibly festive! When you attach a holiday cookie cutter like a Christmas tree or candy cane, it makes this gift scream Christmas!
- Kids Can Help: This is a great DIY Christmas gift for kids to help with. They can help measure out ingredients, whisk up the mix, fill the jars, or even cut out the cards.
- Great Gift for Families: This is Sugar Cookie Mix is such a fun gift for families with kids. During the holidays, cookies are an important thing, so giving the gift of quality time making cookies with your family is truly special.
I love homemade gifts during the holidays as it shows so much thought and care. This is an especially great one as it's quick, easy, and it gives your recipient not just something to eat but the gift of spending time with their family to bake cookies.
If you are looking for more homemade gifting ideas, try some of my other favorites. Brown Butter Butterscotch Sauce or Homemade True Caramel Suace are great options for Christmas as they can be used for so many things (like hot cocoa, coffee, pastries, baked goods and more!). Also, try Homemade Blueberry Syrup for a little more nonconventional holiday treat that can be used for coffees, hot cocoas, or drizzling on top of waffles and pancakes!
If you're looking for more sweet desserts, try Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Cashew Clusters, Pink Peppermint Ice, or Mint Meltaways.
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour: I use organic all purpose flour.
- Cane Sugar: I use organic cane sugar for a naturally sweet cookie.
- Baking Powder: Make sure to use baking powder (not baking soda) as there is no acid in this recipe to react with the baking soda. Check out the Difference Between Baking Soda and Baking Powder for more info on leavening agents.
*For a full list of ingredients and measurements, visit the recipe card below.
Gifting Supplies
- 17 oz Glass Jars (You could use any size between 16 oz and 17 oz)
- Holiday Ribbon
- Instruction Card (free download it by clicking the link!)
- Holiday Cookie Cutters (I used 360 Cookware cutters)
Tips for Sugar Cookie Mix for Gifts
- Always weigh ingredients for the best results. It's quicker, easier and you know your gift giving recipients will have perfectly measured dry ingredients when they go to make holiday cookies.
- This recipe makes 1 jar. If you are making multiple jars you can make more. But, instead of doubling or tripling this recipe in the same bowl, I would mix each one separately to ensure each mix has the appropriate amount of ingredients.
- This is a great recipe for kids to help with! If you want your kids to help, have them help by weighing out ingredients, mixing the cookie mix, filling the jars, or cutting out the cards!
- You can use this mix for other holidays besides Christmas. Simply attach a heart cookie cutter for Valentine’s Day or a bunny cookie cutter for Easter!
- This cookie mix will stay good in the pantry for about 6 months. So, this is a great gift to make ahead of time as it has a long shelf life.
- This is also a great gift to send in the mail because of its long shelf life!
- This would be a great mix to bring to family’s house over the holidays. Go the extra mile and bring a pound of butter and carton of eggs too!
How to Make Sugar Cookie Mix for Gifts
- In a medium bowl, add the flour, cane sugar, baking powder, and fine sea salt and whisk together.
- Transfer to the glass jar.
- Download and print out the Instructions Card and cut along the dotted lines. (You get 4 cards per sheet.) Using a hole punch, punch a hole in the corner of each card.
- Tie a ribbon around the jar and through the hole of the card and a cookie cutter. (If you have a larger ribbon, like I did here in the photos, I put the cookie cutter on top of the jar and just gave the instruction card inside the holiday card I put with it.)
Recipe FAQ's
Yes, of course! If you're making more than one jar I still recommend doing them one at a time to be sure that the right amount of flour, sugar, and leavening is added into each mix.
This cookie mix will last for about 6 months in the pantry. This makes it a really nice gift not only to give, but also to make ahead of time as there's no worries of this being super perishable. So you can prep these ahead of the holiday and then gift them without the worry that you would have with a cookie box.
Yes! If you want to use a different kind of jar like a mason jar you can do that. You could also use a kraft tin tie bag as well as long as the size fits. This does not have to be airtight, so using a bag like that would be just fine.
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How to Make Sugar Cookie Mix for Gifts
Equipment
- Digital Food Scale
- Mixing Bowl
- Whisk
Ingredients
Cookie Mix
- 191 grams all purpose flour
- 113 grams cane sugar
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
For Gifting
- 17 oz Glass Jars
- Holiday Ribbon
- Cookie Cutters
- Sugar Cookie Mix Instruction Card (free download)
Needed to Make Cookies
- 113 grams salted butter (softened)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- all purpose flour (for rolling)
Instructions
To make the gifts:
- In a medium bowl, add the flour, cane sugar, baking powder, and fine sea salt and whisk together.
- Transfer to the glass jar.
- Download and print out the Instructions Card and cut along the dotted lines. (You get 4 cards per sheet.) Using a hole punch, punch a hole in the corner of each card.
- Tie a ribbon around the jar and through the hole of the card and a cookie cutter. (If you have a larger ribbon, like I did here in the photos, I put the cookie cutter on top of the jar and just gave the instruction card inside the holiday card I put with it.)
To make cookies:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or using a hand mixer, add the butter and vanilla extract. Mix on low until the butter and vanilla are incorporated and there are no butter chunks.
- Add in the egg and egg yolk and mix on low to combine, scraping down the sides of bowl as needed.
- Slowly add in the sugar cookie mix while mixing on low. Continue to mix, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until you have a smooth dough.
- Form the dough into a disk and wrap the dough in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line three baking sheets with parchment paper.
- On a floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thick. Cut out cookies with cookie cutters. Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly golden brown around the edges. Allow to cool completely on the baking sheets.
- Top with frosting if desired or leave plain!
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Notes
- Always weigh ingredients for the best results. It's quicker, easier and you know your gift giving recipients will have perfectly measured dry ingredients when they go to make holiday cookies.
- This recipe makes 1 jar. If you are making multiple jars you can make more. But, instead of doubling or tripling this recipe in the same bowl, I would mix each one separately to ensure each mix has the appropriate amount of ingredients.
- This is a great recipe for kids to help with! If you want your kids to help, have them help by weighing out ingredients, mixing the cookie mix, filling the jars, or cutting out the cards!
- You can use this mix for other holidays besides Christmas. Simply attach a heart cookie cutter for Valentine’s Day or a bunny cookie cutter for Easter!
- This cookie mix will stay good in the pantry for about 6 months. So, this is a great gift to make ahead of time as it has a long shelf life.
- This is also a great gift to send in the mail because of its long shelf life!
- This would be a great mix to bring to family’s house over the holidays. Go the extra mile and bring a pound of butter and carton of eggs too!
Nutrition
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Love this gift for the holidays, I use the recipe all the time!