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Coconut Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe Gifts in a Jar 

Coconut Oatmeal Mix Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup quick oats
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup flaked coconut
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar

Directions:

  1. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Put this mix into the bottom of a wide mouth canning jar.
     
  2. Next layer the remaining ingredients in the jar in whatever order you like.
     
  3. Put on the lid, add a bow or colorful jar topper and you are ready to go. For at home use put everything together in quart size Ziploc baggies.

Yield: about 4 cups cookie mix

Directions for baking:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour cookie mix into a large bowl and stir everything until the mix is well blended. Next mix 1/3 cup vegetable oil and 2 eggs in small bowl. Beat until well blended. Add oil mixture to dry ingredients; stir until a soft dough forms.

Drop s rounded teaspoon or two of dough onto a greased baking sheet. Place cookies about 2 inches apart. Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheet, allow to cool.

Yield: 4 dozen cookies

These are wonderful to give at Christmas time or put in a gift basket.

More Great Resources:

Food Saver Vacuum Sealer
Foodsaver Wide Mouth Jar Sealer
Foodsaver Regular Mouth Jar Sealer



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