PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE MIX!! GIFT IN A JAR!! HOMEMADE HOLIDAY!!

Today we are continuing our gift in a jar recipes with a classic! Peanut Butter Cookie Mix, gift in a jar! This is super easy to put together and it even contains the peanut butter! We are taking advantage of great ingredients that are available to us now, more than ever before and peanut butter powder is one of those ingredients! The best part is that you can make this recipe to be the classic, cross hatched peanut butter cookie or you can turn it into Rick's favorite holiday treat, the peanut butter blossom! Just add some chocolate kisses to your gift and let the festivities begin!

This gift in a jar is seriously delicious! I did a little research and development on this one because I wanted to incorporate peanut butter powder in the mix so that the recipient only needed to add butter, egg and vanilla to make these fabulous cookies. I was pretty sure it would work, but the family said I should make sure. They, of course, worked and they are delicious! These are very easy to put together and whoever loves peanut butter cookies is going to love these!

This starts like the rest with all purpose flour and some leavening. That would be both baking powder and baking soda. Do not forget the salt in this. I forgot in my first batch and the flavor was flat. Salt is needed here to bring all the flavors together. These ingredients are whisked together and then placed first in the bottom of a quart mason jar. Be sure to tap down your flour layer to ensure it is level and compact. You want to make sure there is enough room for everything!

Next goes the magic ingredient! Peanut butter powder is easy to find these days and can be located in the same place as the regular peanut butter in your grocery store. Look on the upper shelves. We use the store brand and purchase in large containers because we use it often in protein shakes for extra flavor and nutrition. If you are planning to make a bunch of these mixes than go for the larger jar. It will be more economical. Pour this in on top of the flour mixture and give it a good tamp down. I use a tart tamper that is meant to be used to form tart shells but is perfect for this purpose!

Next goes granulated sugar which levels nicely with a quick shake. Finally the brown sugar, which is tamped as well to compact everything in the jar. With this recipe you will have a bit of head space which you can leave empty or you can add in some chocolate kisses to make peanut butter blossoms. The space will not hold enough kisses for the whole batch but its a start. You can also consider chocolate chips, M&Ms, Reese's Pieces or mini Reece's Cups as add in's to this dough. If you choose Kisses, you will need to add more in a bag to go along with the mix.

This mix is just as easy as the rest. All that is left is to decorate the jar with some ribbon and the preparation tags. I also added enough kisses in a cello bag along with the mix so that the recipient could prepare the entire batch as peanut butter blossoms. However you can also make these in the traditional fashion by depressing a fork in the dough balls in a cross hatch pattern to achieve the old fashioned peanut butter cookie look. There are some possibilities here and you can take liberties. However remember that the gift tag is designed for preparation with the kisses so adding anything else will require you to re do the tag on your own.

I think that this mix would be a great gift for fall and Halloween giving! Since I am fairly certain that traditional Fall Festivals and Halloween gatherings are going to be very different this year, if not cancelled all together. Wouldn't delivering a gift bag with this mix be a fun way to spread the love to neighbors, family and friends? This would be great anytime of year for the peanut butter lover! Birthdays are another great option! Nothing says I love you more than a gift from the kitchen and the heart!

I hope you give this peanut butter cookie mix gift in a jar a try this holiday season, or anytime the desire strikes! I hope you love it!

Happy Eating!

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