As Christmas presents this year, my boyfriend and I created two dozen jars of these oatmeal cookie mixes, and they were a tremendous hit.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 0 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
Instructions
- Using a 1-quart or 1-liter jar, layer ingredients in the following order, packing them down after each addition: white sugar, brown sugar, oats, flour, baking powder, salt, chocolate chips, and walnuts.
- Screw on the lid and cover with an 8-inch circle of fabric. Secure the fabric over the lid using a rubber band, then cover the rubber band by tying a nice piece of ribbon or raffia around the lid. Attach a tag to the ribbon with the following instructions:
- You can use raisins instead of chocolate chips, but the chocolate makes for a nice change.
- Nutrition data for this recipe only includes the baking mix ingredients. It does not include the butter, eggs, and vanilla needed to make the cookies.
Reviews
I searched several recipes and decided to go with this one, went out and bought all the ingredients and it doesn’t fit in a quart jar, it was only after it didn’t fit that I decided to read and found I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t fit it all. I see people saying they found tricks to jam it all in compact, but I would much rather not use the efford when there are simpler recipes where all the ingredients fit like a glove. After my 1st jar flopped and didn’t fit, I poured it into a mixing bowl and made them, yummy recipe but the “in the jar” shouldn’t be there since it doesn’t fit.
It was an excellent recipe and gift for Christmas.However I had difficulty being able to fit all of th last full 1 cup of chocolate chips in a 1 quart canning jar. But other than that the recipe turned out great.
Good flavored cookies, but when I made the jars to use for presents, not all the ingredients would fit it. I packed them down & did them in the order listed but there was no room for the chocolate chips 🙁
Made these in the mason jars to give as gifts for teachers. I have lots of compliments and requests for the recipe! Will be making for my family 🙂
Making these for office gifts this year and we tried it out today … these are REALLY good right out of the oven . I made the first batch just as the recipe states . The dough was a little dry but it rolled into balled easily and but baked out fine. I cooked them 13min. They were light brown in the outside and still wet ians chewy in the middle… Perfect! Second batch I added water to moisten the dough up. No difference in the cookie quality. They do her crunchy and crisp when cooled so if you like them moister than add a second egg and don’t overco them. Add a cup of coffee …. Bliss!!
This recipe is amazing! I Found that the only tip I have is make sure you always have the brown sugar above the flour otherwise it doesn’t pack well. I also mixed 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of Christmas M&Ms for the festive color. And instead of fabric and a rubber band i used Red or green tissue paper and red or green pipe cleaner. I think it looks cute. Then i found “gift card” holders that ended up working great for holding the recipe. It was easy to do and I made a batch at home an my fiancé went gaga for them. I made a little over a dozen as christmas gifts we’ll see how they like them!
These turned out great! Fit perfectly in a 1 litre jar! I even baked a batch before I made the jars just in case the recipe wasn’t any good. But the cookies were perfect! Not too sweet!
Pretty good! I think next time I’ll try to add more oats, since you can’t really taste them.
Great gifts every one loved them.
These cookies are delicious! I made these as wedding favors and alternated purple M&M’s and choc chips. They came out beautifully and we have received so many complients on how great this cookie tastes! The amount of oatmeal is not too great, so it is more of an oatmeal/choc chip cookie rather than a traditional oatmeal. We will be making these every year as a special memory to our special day!
This recipe turned out great! We had to pack it really tight and didn’t include the walnuts. We used an ice cream scoop to get the ingredients all in but the did in fact fit. When we mixed up the cookies to bake them we thought they looked a bit dry so we added a heaping scoop of peanut butter. They were delicious! We will be doing these again.
We add just under 1 tsp of cinnamon to give it a wonderful scent and a bit more of a holiday feel. Added a note to teachers that said, “Thanks for making me one smart cookie!” Love these.
yum! Thanks for sharing!
I read the reviews that said to start with the flour and so on, but even after packing and packing, I still was not able to fit 1/2 cup of the flour in my quart jar, let alone the raisins that I was going to sub for the chocolate chips. I was pretty disappointed and would have really liked to give this a higher review, but I just can’t. Thank you for submitting this recipe, but I’ll just continue on my quest.
It is extremely difficult to pack all the ingredients into 1-qt. jars! Although I reduced some of the amounts, some co-workers were chocolate chip-gypped. 🙁 It’s a good idea, but my wrist hurt after packing down 16 of these. If I were to try this again I would definitely reduce the amounts of everything.
It came out more like a chocolate chip cookie texture , I was expecting more traditional oatmeal cookie that isofter and brown. It was also a little too sweet for me, maybe if I just use the brown sugar only it will turn out better. Still this is a great idea for presents.
This recipe fit in the jars great, and looked wonderful. Then I decided to make up a batch of the cookies. I was SO embarrassed how they baked up. Flat and not appealing!
I was only able to get 3/4 c of chocolate chips in, as I added those last. I didn’t care to add any nuts but had I wanted to, they would not have fit. If you decide you do want to add nuts to yours, get a jar a little bigger than 32 oz (1 quart). Overall, I think this is an excellent idea and very affordable. I wanted to do something for the girls at the office on a tight budget and this was it. It was also a HUGE hit! One of the reviews said they added a wooden spoon… I will be doing this next year for sure. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful idea!
I made these today for a “come to my house and buy something party” I’m hosting tomorrow. I had this recipe printed out a few weeks in advance and shopped for the all ingrediants and was all set. It said quart size jar… Needless to say I packed and pressed and tapped and tried just about everything to make thes fit in the jar. I even put heavy plastic on my potato masher and used that to pack each layer seperately. No luck. I am sending them home with my guests reguardless, but I am very sad they didn’t turn out like the picture.
I used this recipe to make jars to sell at a bake sale. I believe they all sold- but I have not heard anything about how good they are. Also, I used large (quart?) jars and had a hard time fitting in the ingredients. I think I will look for other recipes.
I tried this as a gift b/c I had all the ingredients, and I figured it’d be quick to put together – I used the ice cream scoop trick, I packed everything as much as it could possibly be packed, and I still ended up with at least a 1/4 of a cup of the flour mixture on my counter and a real struggle to get the jar closed. Irritating.