Cookie Christmas Gifts Are Excellent in Decorated Gift Baskets

Cookie Christmas gifts can certainly be home made in order to make a divine cookie gift basket. Cookie Christmas Gifts come in several shapes, prices and sizes. Gourmet gift basket cookies are relatively cheap as well as a pleasure to take delivery of. Nonetheless for anyone who is feeling the pinch this Christmas do not let the very thought of not having the capacity to have the funds for to buy gifts bring you down. Try to make your own Cookie Christmas Gifts and your friends and relations likely will admire the thought in addition to the time which you put in.

You must pick a basket (These baskets are certainly not as expensive as you may presume to shop for. I purchased a lovely one with a handle for my mother-in -law’s fruit basket last week. It cost less than $5) You could decorate a box to hold your Cookie Christmas Gift if you prefer.

First you will need to get the necessary ingredients together. If 72 cookies are way too many for your requirements then you can actually divide all of the ingredient portions by 3 and only prepare around 24 cookies.

Cookie Christmas Gifts – Christmas Cheer Cookies

Produces approximately 72

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 pound dates, chopped
1 pound walnuts, chopped
1/2 pound golden raisins
1/2 cup whisky
1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and cut in halves

Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream the butter and sugar together, this does need to be light and fluffy. Add the three eggs in to the mix. Beat until every one of the ingredients are mixed together. Add the flour and also the soda then stir in the dates, walnuts, raisins and whisky.

The batter must be stiff by now. Drop the mixture using a teaspoon on to an ungreased cookie sheet. Top every one with one with cherry halves. Then finally bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes.

Cover the bottom of the cookie Christmas basket or box with tissue or kitchen roll. This doesn’t just give a nice base to put your cookie Christmas gifts on but it will also fill any gaps. A centre piece for your cookie Christmas gift can found quite quickly and cheaply by browsing around the shops or maybe you might even have some thing acceptable within your home. Not long ago I used decorative candles in the form of a snowman and Santa which were extremely effective and cost very little.

Position the gift cookies either is cellophane bags or protect with cling film. Set up your gift cookies within a prepared basket along with your centre piece. Include a pretty ribbon bow as well as a gift tag and the cookie Christmas gift is ready for delivery.

If you want a less expensive cookie recipe, there are actually plenty from which to choose free of charge by going online and also smart ideas for decorating cookies and producing baskets. Electronic books featuring numerous cookie recipes are also affordable.

Should your fortune get better previous to Christmas and you feel that you would like to order gift baskets – cookies or otherwise you’ll find your self spoilt for choice. Quite often cookie Christmas gifts are accompanied by mini muffins and cakes and organised in individual attractive boxes to produce a tower; this could only be described as a feast! This type of cookie Christmas gift does make a wonderful corporate gift as there is certainly plenty enough to share.

Jayne Waldorf has been an internet marketer for over four years. She lives in England with her husband and has two grown up sons. Her website provides year round gifts.