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post #1 of 30
10/9/08 at 4:22pm
Thread Starter 
I thought maybe I could start a thread on homemade edible gifts like:

apple jelly
kettle corn bags
caramel corn
fudges

etc.
etc.

Make sure you post your recipe :
post #2 of 30
10/9/08 at 4:24pm
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post #3 of 30
10/9/08 at 4:33pm
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Ok so I am not too good at understanding these symbols, what does that mean?
post #4 of 30
10/9/08 at 4:34pm
I think that means she's taking notes and lurking in here to read other's replies.
post #5 of 30
10/9/08 at 4:38pm
My preschooler loves to make jar dry mixes for gifts. We did over a dozen brownie mixes last year in mason jars. Layered the brown and white ingredients, and tied ribbon around the top. He had fun doing it and people loved them.
post #6 of 30
10/9/08 at 4:41pm
Thread Starter 
Great idea!! I was even thinking of possibly doing some of the oatmeal cookies in a cute reindeer handprint bag. Recipe is on mothering. Great vegan recipe as well!! DH doesn't even know!!:
post #7 of 30
10/11/08 at 12:09am
This year the guys are getting bread and apple butter. Last year I made hot cocoa & pancake mixes.
post #8 of 30
10/11/08 at 3:24pm
Biscotti. I can post recipe later (naking right now).

Chocolate covered tea spoons (to stir coffee, etc)
post #9 of 30
10/11/08 at 4:20pm
I am making homemade vanilla extract and vanilla sugar. I bought organic vanilla beans on ebay and am steeping them in vodka for 8 weeks (I am using 19 beans (6in long) per liter of vodka to make a "proper 1 fold extract" and for the vanilla sugar I am using 2 cups of sugar per bean and letting it sit for a while to infuse the flavor. I plan to give them together along with a few recipes that use the ingredients. The total cost for 20 of these gifts is around $80, so I am quite pleased It is also not a lot of prep time (aside from the waiting) or mess, which is a plus for me since I am quite sick with HG.
post #10 of 30
10/11/08 at 6:03pm
I am not a fan of white chocolate at all, but last year I melted white chocolate and mixed in dried blueberries, orange extract and almonds, then poured it and let it harden, and broke it into pieces. It was to die for. I don't recall where I got the idea, it was either a website or a women's magazine, but I read so many I couldn't even begin to remember which one it was.

My kids and the people I gave it to fell on it like a pack of wild dogs. It was gone in seconds.
post #11 of 30
10/11/08 at 10:07pm
I just placed an order for some 8oz metal tins from Frontier (I think they were $2.75 each), and I'm going to make my bbq spice rub and fill the tins. Yum! I use the rub when I make ribs or pulled pork, so I may include recipes for those things when I gift the spice-filled tins.

I also have a really yummy peanut brittle recipe that you make in the microwave. Unfortunately, you can only make one batch at a time. I made the mistake of trying to double it once. I don't recommend it. I'm thinking of making some batches of peanut brittle as gifts this year, but I need to make up a list and see who is on my gift list first.
post #12 of 30
10/11/08 at 10:17pm
Here's one that sounds yummy and different. A recipe for homemade Kahlua.
post #13 of 30
10/11/08 at 11:22pm
do you have a link for frontier?

post #14 of 30
10/12/08 at 5:55pm
A lot of people run Frontier co-ops, and that is how I order. But I think you can order individually too.

http://www.frontiercoop.com/
post #15 of 30
10/14/08 at 7:40pm
peppermint meringues
cream cheese mints
marshmallows
caramels
raisin almond bark
white chocolate, cranberry, pistachio bark
fudge
cookies
post #16 of 30
10/15/08 at 12:56am
I have tested Cranberry Hootycreeks and my family loved them. They look very nice in the mason jar and the gift tags that they have here make them look very nice. I will be making several of them for Christmas this year.

Steph
post #17 of 30
10/15/08 at 1:32am
Homemade fruit roll-ups
post #18 of 30
10/16/08 at 5:53pm
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What is a cranberry hootycreek?
post #19 of 30
10/16/08 at 5:58pm
For teacher gifts I have made
Spiced Mixed Nuts. They look forward to it every year and so does my family!

I have also made Mexican Hot Chocolate mix but didn't taste it myself

I;ve also made white chocolate peppermint bark (yum!) and chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles.
post #20 of 30
10/17/08 at 7:52pm
I'm getting hungry just reading about all of these :

This recipe for spiced pecans is really easy. I brought a big batch of them to my mom's for Thanksgiving one year and they were all gone by the time we left that night.

Subbing because I love giving and receiving edible gifts . . .
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