Snacks

How to make brownie mix in a jar for Christmas gifts

For something a bit different this Christmas, gift a jar of prettily stacked brownie mix, which your recipient can transform into baked deliciousness with ease! All you need to do is stack the dry ingredients, write a note and voilĂ !
1 jar (16 brownies)
15M

Edible gifts are a wonderful way to show how much you care this Christmas – for more ideas, check out our collection of 25 delicious gift recipes!

Click here to print these gift tags – which are the perfect way to finish off your brownie jars! You can get more cute tags by buying the 2019 Nov/Dec issue of Food magazine – in stores until December 22nd.

Ingredients

Method

1.Sift flour and baking powder together into a bowl. Spoon into a 1-litre capacity wide-lipped clear jar.
2.Top with a layer of sugar, then cocoa. Add dark chocolate bits, milk chocolate, then marshmallows. Seal jar.
3.Now simply write on a label the following instructions (or download ours [here](http://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/foodnz/2019/12/11/1576018929734_gifttags.jpg|target=”_blank”)!) so your giftee can transform the mix into brownies: *”To make me into brownies, preheat oven to 160°C and lightly grease and line a 20cm square cake pan. Melt 140g butter in a saucepan, cool for 10 minutes then whisk in 2 eggs. Add the contents of this jar and mix well. Spoon mixture into pan, bake for 30 minutes then leave to cool in pan. Cut into squares – and enjoy!”*

Make a cone from paper and place inside the neck of the jar to keep the sides clean as you add the layers of ingredients. Tap the jar gently on a folded tea towel to neaten each layer, before adding the next.

Note

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New York chocolate brownie

The brownie’s sweetness is balanced by a vanilla-laced cream cheese filling. Make two days before Christmas for gifts; it freezes well, too, and can also be enjoyed as a warmed dessert with berries