Crisco Cookie Exchange Giveaway

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The holidays are here and baking is in the air. I love baking and have loved baking cookies to give as gifts to the FedEx guy, the UPS guy, the mail lady, friends, and neighbors.  This holiday season, Crisco brings some amazing cookie recipes, as well as a recipe for Homemade Cookie Mix – a perfect gift for family, friends, neighbors, and to even use yourself!  You’ll find delicious cookie recipes at Crisco’s site, including Orange Coconut Cookies, Classic Gingersnaps, Pecan Cookie Bars, Frosted Brownie Cups, Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookie Bites, Frosted Chocolate Drops, Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies, Raisin Walnut Cookies, Date Walnut Cookies, Coconut Walnut Cookies, Butterscotch Walnut Cookies, Trail Mix Cookies, Frosted Banana Nut Cookies, and Peanut Butter Cookies.

Enjoy the Crisco Homemade Cookie Mix Recipe below to give to family and friends, so they can make some yummy treats for their families and friends this holiday season!  This is also a great idea for a gift to give to start the New Year off on the right foot!  Ring in the New Year with Crisco Cookies!!!

Crisco Homemade Cookie Mix

Ingredients:

8 cups Pillsbury BEST All Purpose Flour
4 cups sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
3 teaspoons salt
2 2/3 sticks Crisco Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening

Preparation Directions:

COMBINE flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a very large bowl.  Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.

STORE in airtight container in freezer up to six months.

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Mason Jar Homemade Cookie Mix Gifts

Layer a Mason Jar with Homemade Cookie Mix plus other ingredients.  Here are some helpful tips for creating a spectacular, layered cookie gift.

1.  Alternate colors when layering for maximum visual contrast.

2.  Generally sugars go on the bottom, to prevent them from sifting through other ingredients, and nuts or chips go on the top.

3.  A wide mouth jar makes layering easier.

4.  Carefully packing each layer down will allow you to fit more ingredients than the volume measurement of the jar if desired.

5.  Fill any air space in the Mason jar with crumpled cellophane or plastic wrap.

6.  Attach recipe card with instructions for adding remaining ingredients.

7.  Fill out gift tag.

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Fill a Mason Jar with Cookie Mix Layers

Quart Jar (4 cups)

Layered Mix of Classic Gingersnaps (2 1/2 cups)

2 1/2 cups Homemade Cookie Mix
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 Batches of Peanut Butter Cookies (2.83 cups)

2 cups Homemade Cookie Mix
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped salted peanuts

Layered Mix of Frosted Chocolate Drops (3 1/2 cups)

2 1/4 cups Homemade Cookie Mix
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Half-Gallon Jar (8 cups)

3 Batches of Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies (4 1/2 cups)

2 1/2 cups Homemade Cookie Mix
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

2 Batches of Orange Coconut Cookies (5 cups)

2 3/4 cups Homemade Cookie Mix
2 1/2 cups flaked coconut, divided

MY THOUGHTS

I love working with the Crisco Team and love that Crisco shortening is not only available in the tub, but is also available in sticks (in original and butter flavored).  The Homemade Cookie Mix is a fabulous idea and I’m so glad to have participated in the Crisco Cookie Exchange Campaign!

GIVEAWAY

1 lucky reader on The Mommy-Files will win a Crisco Cookie Exchange Prize Pack, including recipe cards, measuring cups and spoons, baking sheet, cookie dough scoop, silicone cookie spatula and a jar of cookie cutters!!!

WIN IT!!! (MANDATORY ENTRY)

– Visit Crisco online and tell me in a comment one of the cookie recipes you’d love to try or have tried before!!!

EXTRA ENTRIES:

– Follow The Mommy-Files on Twitter – 1 ENTRY
– Tweet about the giveaway – 1 ENTRY DAILY
– Become a Fan of The Mommy-Files on Facebook – 1 ENTRY
– Become a Fan of Crisco on Facebook – 1 ENTRY
– Follow me through Google Connect (new on the right side of the blog) – 1 ENTRY
– Subscribe to my blog – 1 ENTRY
– Add my Mommy-Files button to your blog and include the URL – 1 ENTRY
– Comment on any Non-Giveaway post on The Mommy-Files – 1 ENTRY per post comment (no limit)
– Blog about this giveaway and include the URL – 5 ENTRIES

RULES:

– Contest will close at 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, January 2nd, 2011! Any entries after this time will be deleted!
– Contest open to U.S. residents only.

I received a product sample from the Crisco Team and J.M. Smucker Company to facilitate this review.  The giveaway was sponsored by the Crisco Team and J.M. Smucker Company.  All opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine.

503 thoughts on “Crisco Cookie Exchange Giveaway”

  9. debra b

    I Would love to try the Peanut butter cocoa cookie recipe, any recipe that adds peanut butter has my vote, and it is chocolate too, both my favorites, I’ve bookmarked the site because I will be back for more recipes.

    thanks for another tasty giveaway

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  38. amanda

    the crisco website appears to be down right now, but i’d love to try the orange coconut cookies!
    oheeyore at hotmail dot com

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  45. Tawnda

    the Chewy Fudge Cookies sound yummy! …gonna have to try them for Christmas in Feb… lol (hmmm… guess the tree isn’t likely to make it that long… ☺ )

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  171. Kayla

    I think I’d love to try the Brown Sugar Masa Shortbread with Anise Glaze. I am drooling over pretty much EVERYTHING on that site though ^.^

    Thank you for this great giveaway!!

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  275. MelissaO

    The Chewy Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies look great…and the fruit would make me feel virtuous!

    wolverina401 at gmail dot com

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  337. Kesha

    I adore cookie swaps! You bake 1 type and end up trying dozens! I’d love to try the Almond Mocha Cookies…they sound delish! In fact, I might just make them today!

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  345. Aisling

    I’d like to try the Almond Mocha Cookie Bars. I think everyone in my family would enjoy them! mcgillrmcgill(at)charter(dot)net

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  351. Erin E

    I love their Snickerdoodles recipe. I made it last month. Thank you for the lovely giveaway.
    sewmuchstuff at ymail dot com

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