This Christmas cookie jar printable is definitely designed to put a smile on the recipient of the Cookie jar’s face. Christmas gifting is a pretty big part of the Christmas festivities and though it shouldn’t be about the amount of money you spend, you still want to give a gift that is from the heart. If you’re still searching for Christmas gift ideas, we have got just the thing – a homemade Chocolate Ginger Christmas biscuits recipe! It’s a classic favourite, it’s thoughtful and shows that you care, they are really simple to make* and they’re absolutely delicious to boot!
At Lieflingkind Design we created a fun label which comes in two sizes so that you can either use it to decorate a re-usable glass jar like we did, or use the larger size to decorate a biscuit tin. Download the Christmas calories don’t count printables here.
I’m including one of my all-time favourite Christmas biscuits recipe but feel free to change the contents of your jars or tins up, depending on the person you’ll be giving it to. The label isn’t specific to a certain treat, so go ahead and fill the jars with fudge, mixed biscuits, dried fruit or any delicious treat you know your person will love.
You will need the following to create your Christmas cookie jar
- Glass Preserve Jar (also called a mason jar) OR
- A biscuit tin which you can decorate with spray paint and patterns before adding the printable label
- Decorations of your choice to decorate your container (I used a simple ribbon, but feel free to be as creative as you want to)
- Label of your choice printed out on A4 card stock (there are two options to choose from)
- A pair of scissors
- Glue gun
How to put the Christmas cookie jar together?
- Cut the Christmas calories don’t count printed label out using your scissors. I suggest using the 120 x 120mm label for jars, and the 165 x 165mm label for tins.
- Decorate your glass jar or tin and add the label using a glue gun.
- Fill with treats of your choice. Chocolate Gingerbread Biscuit recipe below.
Chocolate Gingerbread Christmas Biscuits Recipe
Ingredients
Method
Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celcius.
Melt the butter and golden syrup together. Cool slightly and add egg.
Sift dry ingredients together, add to butter mixture and knead well.
Roll teaspoons full of dough into small balls and place on greased baking sheets.
Press lightly with a fork or cut with cookie cutter.
Bake for about 15 minutes.
Allow to cool.
Decorate with icing if desired.
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celcius.
Melt the butter and golden syrup together. Cool slightly and add egg.
Sift dry ingredients together, add to butter mixture and knead well.
Roll teaspoons full of dough into small balls and place on greased baking sheets.
Press lightly with a fork or cut with cookie cutter.
Bake for about 15 minutes.
Allow to cool.
Decorate with icing if desired.
*If you like your Gingerbread on the soft side, bake them a little less than the recipe states as the longer they bake, the harder they will become.
If you like this Christmas printable and would like to add some other cookies in the glass jar then you might want to try this Shortbread cookie recipe with Lavender and Orange.
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