Archive for May, 2010

Recipe for Cookie Mix Gift in a Canning Jar?

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Ever see those rustic gifts made out of an old Ball canning jar filled with LAYERED dry ingredients for chocolate chip cookies?

Well I have one of those antique glass canning jars ( 35 oz?) that I would like to give someone as a gift filled with the dry ingredients for easy chocolate chip cookies. I intend to print the recipe on a label attached to the jar. Does anyone know the right proportions of a recipe to fit the jar? My recipe calls for 2 cups flour, and that leaves no room for any other layers.

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Mammy cookie jars…do you find them offensive?

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

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I’m watching an old episode of Wife Swap. A black family and white family switched “wives”, and when the black “wife” changed the rules, she asked the Mammy cookie jar to be removed.
Do you find them offensive?
Everyone answer…I want to hear everyone’s opinions…
I asked the question because the lady on this show found them offensive, I was wondering what other people thought. I’m not reading too much into anything.

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COCA COLA COKE 6 PACK GIBSON COLLECTIBLE COOKIE JAR

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

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