5/8 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Layer the ingredients in a 1 quart or 1 liter jar, in the order listed. Attach a tag with the following instructions:
Cranberry Hootycreeks
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment paper. In a medium mixing bowl, beat together 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla until fluffy. Add the entire jar of ingredients, and mix together by hand until well blended. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes on baking sheets, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Note: Reviewers, please help us out and note the yield. Thanks!
Bill in CT Dec 15, 2008
Would make this again.
My girls and I just finished making a dozen of the jars for Christmas gifts. We make some every year whether it's this or another variety. The jar looks great, and these taste great. My advice to any jar makes is use a small ladle to pack down any layer you need to, specifically brown sugar. This way, it forms a barrier between the next layers, and it makes presentation nicer.
Patty in Oak Creek, WI Dec 10, 2008
Would make this again.
12/10--Very flavorful! Baked dozens for a cookie exchange plus made 'Cookies in a Jar" for a gift. Turned out perfect, used parchment paper and cooked for 8 min. until slightly brown. Cooled on cookie sheet before putting on racks. Yield 3 dozen medium cookies.
Vickie in NC Dec 1, 2008
Would make this again.
As I wanted to try these for my cookie exchange this year (using the Cookies-in-a-jar as my contribution to the party) I thought I had better try them first. I did have to add a little water to the dough. My family LOVES them! Mine came out rather thin, but probably because I used self-rising flour in error? But it didn't matter since they didn't last very long in the cookie jar. I used pretty hefty spoonfuls and came up with 30 cookies.
A cookie baker in Boise, Idaho Nov 15, 2008
Would make this again.
I've made these the past few years, but not as a jar gift. People laugh when they first read the name. I love the moistness of the cookie and they're colorful as well. I make the dough and divide into 3 batches to make during the season so they're always fresh for giving.
Julie in upstate New York Nov 13, 2008
Would make this again.
Very tasty cookies! Would definitely make again. Not only are they very tasty, but they have a bit of color that's fitting w/the Christmas season-bits of red and white.
