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Books : Gifts in a Jar: Cakes & Cobblers (Gifts in a Jar) |
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Books : Gifts in a Jar: Cakes & Cobblers (Gifts in a Jar) |
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from: CQ Products
Dewey Decimal Number: 641 EAN: 9781563831645 ISBN: 1563831643 Label: CQ Products Manufacturer: CQ Products Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2003-08 Publisher: CQ Products Sales Rank: 581680 Studio: CQ Products Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Gifts In A Jar: Cakes and CobblersItem arrived quickly and in great shape. Very professional business relations. I recommend this buyer and this book. Rating:  - What to give your co workers, kid's teacher, etc. Delish!This holiday season is the perfect time to start thinking about what to give those people to whom you want to express a little appreciation but for whom you don't want to make uncomfortable with anything too deluxe (next door neighbors, kid's teacher, postal carrier that actually smiles and knows your name, brother-in-law's girlfriend, etc). You might also need ideas for add-on gifts if you are giving somebody a bit closer a kitchen-related gadget. Gifts In A Jar is a great solution for those Under Five Dollars is Appropriate occasions. The deal is, you layer ingredients into a wide-mouth, quart sized jar according to the order listed so that they stay separate and the presentation is pretty. Seal, top off the jar with ribbons or fabric and tie a preprinted tag to the rim that has baking instructions. You cut these tags directly from the book; there are six for each recipe. These mixes are supposed to stay fresh from 3 to 6 months, but I assume that a lot of that depends on how fresh the maker's ingredients were before being added to the jar. A hint for the wise: use the freshest possible nuts, dried fruits and spices or your recipient will open the jar a month from now to find it rancid, crystallized and/or faded. This is after all supposed to be delightful and delicious. Now this is my second venture into the Gifts in a Jar series and all my expectations were exceeded this time around. Apparently the author was paying attention to the comments of previous customers (from the GIAJ Muffins book, an earlier contribution) who complained about the prevalent use of Bisquick, because I have yet to run into an ingredient in this book that asks for anything but scratch. And every one of the 10 recipes I have tested turned out either decently or downright fabulous. Standouts: Pumpkin Chocolate Cake, Peach Cobbler, Chocolate Coffee Cake, and Peach Crumb Cake. I only tried the one peach cobbler recipe (there is rhubarb and blueberry too), but the others look similar and I must say it was the best I've ever had. I have one issue with the author(s) of the recipes. About half of them require several additional ingredients that the recipient must provide when s/he makes the cake or cobbler. Obviously "wet" ingredients like eggs, oil and fruit fillings can't be put into the jars but when the recipient has to add her own sugar, baking soda, corn starch etc. in addition to these I think it gets to be a little too much. Isn't the idea to be giving a gift of *convenience*, not a hassle? So I have marked the recipes in my book that I feel are appropriate as gifts and once in a while I test in my own home the ones that have too many other requirements to be true gifts. Eleven useable gift recipes make this book well worth the price still. Good for bake sales too. Solidly recommended. -Andrea, aka Merribelle
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