A Baked Treat For Valentine's Day….
So tonight I am invited out for a girls' dinner and a scrapbook evening. {smile}.I wanted to make something for little hostess gifts…and this is what I came up with.Homemade cookies in a pretty package.It really looks like a jar of preserves…but surprise…. cookies.
I have been saving these jars to use for some kind of food project.I could use canning jars…but I like to save those for canning.These jars are free.
I peeled off the labels and washed them with hot soapy water and an SOS pad.It took a little elbow grease…but I got these nice clean jars.I took the lids and spray-painted them black.
Then I got out my scrapbooking supplies and played around to make some bands to pretty up the jars.This is what I built for bands…
I used scrapbook papers cut into 1.25 inches wide X 12 inches long strips to go around the jars.{I pre-measured and it just worked out that 12 inches in length was perfect…lucky}Red ribbon was attached to the top of the paper strips and punched flowers and foam hearts from the dollar store added the final touch.
Then I made chocolate dream cookies…a favourite at our house.{You can find the recipe here.}I decorated the cookies with Valentine's Day sprinkles.
Then the jars were filled with freshly made cookies…each jar held a half dozen.I placed a square of red tissue paper in the bottom of the jar before the cookies went in.{And really…you could just use goody bags to put cookies in, but I find that the cookies always get crushed.}
The lids that I spray-painted earlier in the day weren't dry and still smelled like paint at 3pm.Drats! I decided not to stress over that….so I
improvised. I used tin foil and elastics to close up the jars….hence the homemade preserves 'look'.I think they still look pretty swell.
