I love eating cookies. I love baking cookies. Most of all I love giving cookies! Whenever I need a gift for someone, I go to Food52. This is how I discovered the CookieBox™. What better gift this holiday than making your own cookie kit in a CookieBox™?!
I discovered this box a few months ago when I needed just the right gift for Strudel’s birthday. She had just finished telling me that before we went to the International Food Blogger Conference in Sacramento, she had made a batch of cookies for her partner to enjoy while she was away for the weekend. As I browsed Food52 I found CookieBox™ and as a result I knew she needed one for her cookie storage.
You might ask, a box just for cookies? I ask, why not?! This isn’t just any old box, it’s a handcrafted pine box made in the US. Not only is there the CookieBox™, there’s the PieBox™ and CakeBox™ too. The leather straps come from right here in Denver! Even better, last month, I entered a giveaway contest on Instagram @piebox and won! Now Strudel has a CookieBox™ and a PieBox™ for all her baking adventures!
So the holidays are here and as I pondered what to give to friends this year, I thought why not give them each a CookieBox™ with a handmade cookie making kit inside?! Ghirardelli chocolate chips were on sale at my grocery store (yes, I bought 8 bags) so I really had to make these kits! I used the recipe from the back of the semi-sweet chip bag to create these kits.
2 c. chips (I did triple chips such as milk, dark and semi-sweet or butterscotch, white and semi-sweet)
a bow for decoration
Instructions
Combine the two sugars into the first bag.
Combine the flour, baking soda and salt into the second bag.
Combine your choice of 3 different chips into the third bag.
Remove all air from each bag, seal tight, and write in the corner of each bag the numbers 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Write the instructions and additional needed ingredients on blank cards.
Write the numbers of each bag on strips of blank card, cut and stick in the corner of each block as you place each bag in a corner with the sealed side down.
Add instructions into the fourth corner of the box (and a bow).
Ship off for friends to easily make and store their own cookies!
Strudel and Streusel are two friends living in different cities, sharing a love of baking (and butter) through this blog. With Streusel in Denver, and Strudel in Seattle, we've found our little site to be a great way to stay in touch, share recipes we love, and talk about experiences in our respective cities.
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