Donation has never been so much fun and so easy. And if you prepare the gifts in a jar, your family and friends will be delighted with these thoughtful gifts straight from your own kitchen.
Listed below are some great gifts in glass recipes to get started:
Apple Pie in a Jar
Ingredients:
– 2 / 3 cup shortening
– 2 2 / 3 cups white sugar
– 4 eggs
– 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
– 1 / 2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
– 1 1 / 2 teaspoon salt
– 2 teaspoons bakingSoda
– 3 cups all-purpose flour
– 2 / 3 cup water
– 3 cups grated apple
– 2 / 3 cup raisins
– 2 / 3 cup chopped walnuts
– 8 straight-sided wide-mouth pint canning jars
Directions:
– Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 ° C).
– Slightly grease the insides of the straight 8-sided wide-mouth pint canning jars.
– Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
– Repeal stir cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
– Eggs and beat inwell.
– Flour alternately with water and mix until smooth.
– Fold in apples, raisins and nuts.
– Fill jars 1 / 2 full of batter, be sure to keep the rims clean.
– Wipe batter who gets on the rims.
– Bake at 325 degrees F (165 ° C) for 45 minutes.
– Meanwhile, sterilize the lids and rings in boiling water.
– As soon as cake is done, remove from oven one at a time, wipe rims of jars and put on lid and ring.
– Jars will seal as cakescool.
– Place the jars on the counter and they hear the "ping" as they seal. If you miss waiting for the "ping", until they completely cool down and press on the top of the lid. If it does not move at all, it is sealed.
– Unsealed jars should be eaten or stored in the refrigerator for up to one week. Sealed jars can be stored for up to one year with other canned goods.
2. Apple Pie in a Jar
Ingredients:
– 4 1 / 2 cups white sugar
– 1 cup corn starch
– 2 teaspoons groundCinnamon
– 1 / 4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
– 1 teaspoon salt
– 10 cups water
– 3 tablespoons lemon juice
– 7 liters peeled, cored and sliced apples
Directions:
– Set a rack on the bottom of a large soup pot.
– Fill pot with hot water.
– Sterilization, 7 1-liter jars, 7 lids, and 7 rings by upright on rack, jars. – Bring water to a boil. 10 minutes to cook. Remove with a holder and allow to dry glasses in the air.
Save water forProcess of apples.
– Combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and water in a large pot.
– Place over high heat and cook, stirring until thick and bubbly.
– Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
– Tightly pack apples into sterilized jars.
– Slowly pour syrup over apples, cover them completely.
– Gently jars on work surface, so bubbles rise.
– Screw-on glasses.
– Carefully lower doses in the boiler with aOwners.
– Leave a 2 inch space between jars.
– Add more boiling water if necessary to cover the top of the glass of 2 inches of water.
– Bring water to a full boil, then cover and process for 30 minutes.
– Remove jars from pot and the cloth covered or wood surface, several inches apart, until cool.
– After cooling, the top button on each lid with finger, Siegel found that (lid not up or down at all).
Sealed jars may be stored up to oneYear.