Each year it's a big deal trying to decide what to give my daughter's teachers as Christmas gifts. So far the biggest response we got the year we gave brownies. Teachers would come up to me in the hallways for months telling me how much they really loved the brownies.
Here's a list of delicious baked goods to give you a few options for your Christmas holiday gift-giving.
My sister-in-law delivers tins and tins of Peanut Brittle to her friends and neighbors each Christmas season. She typically makes hers with dry roasted peanuts. The last time I made it with cashews. That was a nice change. I think salted almonds would work too.
I can't say enough how much I love these brownies. They're a cross between a cakey-brownie and a fudgy-brownie. These are the brownies that the school coaches went nuts over.
If you've got some wannabe bakers on your gift list, then cookie ingredients in a jar is the perfect gift for them. Neatly layer the dry ingredients in a
pretty jar, add
the recipe and all they need to provide is the wet ingredients. Besides being tasty, these gifts can be decorative too.
You just can't go wrong with giving cookies at this time of year. Either purchase one of those cute holiday-themed tins or a wicker basket lined with a Christmas napkin to hold the cookies. Some of the cookies I like to give (and get!) are:
Thumbprints,
Snickerdoodles (love all of that cinnamon),
Macaroons and
Neapolitans (using red and green food coloring.)
Doesn't a freshly-baked loaf of bread just sound like a fantastic gift to you? Take it a step further and give them a small jar of homemade
flavored butter along with the bread. It doesn't matter if the bread comes out of
your oven or the
bread machine. It's the thought that counts.
For me, this is always a winner as a Christmas gift. I used to give this fudge to my landlord may years ago.
This may be what we're giving this year. I'm sure to it'll be with pecans or walnuts. It all depends on which ones look the best.
