Christmas ain’t over yet folks! Well, it is, but we recently had an incredibly nice neighbor drop off a cute jar full of cookie mix. I’ve seen these jars popping up everywhere whether they’re cookie mix, cake mix, even salads. I think they are a great gift idea but I wasn’t so sure how the cookies would taste. For some reason, I automatically assume the ingredients have been in the jar for the past like, 20 years. Why? I have no idea. Anyway, I decided to give my cookie’s from a jar a try today.
These were Spicy Oatmeal cookies and all I had to add was vanilla, an egg, and butter. The rest of the ingredients were in the jar! Cute huh?
So, I preheated the oven and mixed up the ingredients. It was so easy!
The sugar was a little tough to get out…brown sugar of course.
I actually ended up throwing some of the coconut away because it was like, rock hard. I figured it was for the best.
Today was a first for me. It was the first time I think in my life I didn’t eat any of the dough out of the mixing bowl. I put my foot down today! Usually, I eat way too much dough then feel sick but still eat like, 30 cookies. Today was all about self control. I have yet to get salmonella and until I do, dough will continue to get consumed by me. Just not today.
Once the oven was preheated, I dropped balls of the dough down on a cookie sheet and cooked for about 10 minutes.
I have to say, my cookies turned out a little sad looking. They were pretty flat and I think I know why (of course after it’s too late). I never added the 2 tbsp. of flour for high altitude cooking. If we’re not high altitude, then I don’t know what is. I’m thinkin’ that’s why my cookies looked like pancakes.
They still tasted good though! Notice the ravaged cookie here in the middle:
My lack of self control reared its’ ugly head again and I half ate a scolding hot cookie. Obviously I couldn’t wait until they cooled!
Even though they looked pathetic, they tasted great!
In another life, me and Cookie Monster would have been great friends.
Have you ever had cookies from a jar? What’s your favorite kind of cookie?
sometimes I think I make cookies just to eat the dough! By the time they are baked I don’t even want them because I have eaten so much dough! I have never made cookies from a jar but I am thinking that is an excellent diy gift 🙂
haha i know seriously its a problem for me. i dont know why but dough is so good! it really is almost better than the cookie..
I want some cookies! The dough is the best part 😉
I have never made or eaten cookies from a jar, but I would like to sometime, but honestly I’m anal about calories that I probably wouldn’t, no control of how much sugar I put it in, I’m sad, I know!
You know what funny, I LOVE to make chocolate chip cookies, there my favorite! But I can’t absolulty can’t have them in the house so I ask my husband, do you want me to make cookies for you for work? He always says ok. I make them for the dough! I eat so much dam choclate chip cookie dough it isn’t even funny! I have no control. I lick the bowl, lick the beaters and just grab scoops of dough. The sad, sad part is, the calories are WAY more then a cooked cookie. How can cookie dough be more then the cookie? That just kills me.
how can they be more than the cookie!?! that is the worst thing ive ever heard haha. oh man i dont even want to think about the calories ive consumed then bc i usually eat tons of dough then like, 5 cookies. ahh boo!!
I’ve never done the cookies in a jar but they look SO good (and so easy!) which is a win-win! I eat the dough all the time (and fun fact, actually GOT salmonella a couple of years back, that was fun). Everyone was like what were you thinking? I was like well… the eggs were organic! Haha