This year we’re doing a lot of creative, low cost and handmade gifts for the holidays. One of the recipes we’re doing is for chocolate chip walnut oatmeal cookies in a jar. These turned out delicious on our test run, and they look fantastic in the jar. I absolutely love the way the layers look. It’s a beautiful presentation.
These cookies in a jar are the perfect gift for the holidays, thank you gifts, or even just because. It would be a wonderful gift for a child who wants to be more active in the kitchen. I included a simple printable below so you can easily add the baking instructions for your gift recipient. Whoever you are giving this gift too will love it.
Chocolate Chip Walnut Oatmeal Cookies in a Jar
Cookie in a Jar ingredients:
- 1 1/3 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips (we used mini’s)
- 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Jar instructions:
Layer all above ingredients in a quart sized mason jar in the order listed. We used a wide mouth, so I’m not sure how it would fit in a narrower mouth jar. Make sure you pack down each layer before adding the next ingredient because it’s a tight fit.
After you have everything added decorate the jar/lid and attach a card with the baking instructions.
Here is the printable to include with your gift jar. Click on the image and print it off. Punch a hole in the corner then attach it with a ribbon.
Baking Instructions:
Ingredients:
- 1 Jar Chocolate Chip, Walnut, Oatmeal Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter, egg and vanilla in a medium bowl. Add in the cookie mix jar and mix. This cookie batter is very crumbly so don’t be worried if it doesn’t mix up into a sticky batter like others do.
- Shape dough into 1 inch balls. A little extra work with the hands may be needed to get it to form balls, but I was able to get it to do so fairly easily.
- Place the balls 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake for approximately 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Enjoy!
What is your favorite cookie recipe? I’d love to hear your favorites in the comments below.
Amazing! I love this idea. I would love to give this away as a gift. Have you tried it with a different nut besides walnuts??? I am allergic which is why I ask. 🙂
I haven’t tried it, but there’s no reason you couldn’t make this your own. If it’s just walnuts, put something else in there like peanuts or pecans. If you’re allergic to all nuts, then maybe try dried cranberries or white chocolate chips. Have fun with it and experiment. As far as I’m concerned, the more important ingredients are the base (flour, sugar, egg, etc). If you have all that you can fudge the rest in similar quantities.
Okay cool. I am just allergic to walnuts, I was just wondering if there was anther nut that would go well. I will try it with out nuts and them maybe with almonds. Thank you!!
I think almonds would be delicious with this! I’m also a huge fan of chocolate with hazelnuts, so if you can handle those, maybe give them a try too!
This is perfect! I’m planning to hand out some cute jar gifts this year as my kiddos are having tons of fun in the kitchen lately and I thought this would be a great way to get them involved with making gifts! Thank you!
Okie! This is nice, I am gonna make this before she comes back from office, my full day off and this recipe in hand is a wonderful way to please her.
Okay I am beyond excited I found this! I’m going to pin when I’m done commenting, but anyway I have been looking how to do this for a long time. I tried it myself once without instructions…. Lets just say it came out a little scary look lol
I have a bunch of jars from michaels and quite a few people I need to get Christmas gifts for this is going to be perfect 🙂
The trick is to pack the ingredients as much as you can. It’s a tight fit! Also try it out first to make sure you know how it bakes up so you can give advice if needed. Try it out and let me know if you have any questions 🙂
I just LOVE cookies in a jar! I am so in love with walnuts in cookies, it is my new obsession! It looks so beautiful in the jar!
I just go a similar gift and never knew how to make these, too lazy to look it up. Now I do! Thank you!
Great idea.. Will try this one
I love the idea of giving these as gifts, they look so beautiful. You have made me horribly hungry though. COOKIES!
OH My Goodness! I am SO hungry for these right now!! I really love these as Holiday Gifts because they are handmade, thoughtful, pretty but also fun and delicious for the recipient! Thank you for the free printables too!
Now that is an awesome idea for a gift. Heck, I hope someone that’s getting me a gift for Christmas reads this post first. 😉
That is a great gift idea!!! I did that last year for teachers! They loved it!
These are so cute! I love the gift wrapping on them. I have never made a cookie in the jar before.
That is such a neat gift idea! It looks so pretty layered like that too!
Love this idea!
What a creative idea and YUM!
I’ve always wanted to do a cookie-in-a-jar kind of gift, but never seem to get around to it. This one would be a great one to use as my first attempt!
That is a great gift idea. However, I am a lover of oatmeal cookies, walnuts and chocolate and I will be trying the recipe itself. hehe I just pinned it!
I would love to get this as a gift. I love to bake cookies and this would be something different. It is very attractive too.
What a simple and yummy recipe. We’re needing desserts for our youth activity next week, guess this came just in time!
Love cookies in a jar! This sounds like a great recipe!
I LOVE this! I’ve got a few church ladies that will LOVE to get this and a little song from my kids!
I want to make this for my mom! She would love it!
Oh so lovely! I always preferred handmade/homemade gifts. They are more personalized that those you can just buy from the store. Thank you for sharing.
Those look yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I’ll try this at home.
these are adorable! I would love to make some for my relatives, I am sure they will love them,
This is very creative gift ideas and made with love too and of course delish
Wow! What a really great idea! This is perfect for people who just wants to fix something super quick. I really love this!
One of the reasons I don’t bake much anymore is because all the measuring drives me nuts. I should make some of these for myself than I would have them up ahead of time.
I would absolutely love this as a gift! I buy them at craft shows and whatnot!
Cookies in a jar is so new to me. I’ve never seen anything like it; well except maybe on TV. But never really paid much attention to it. Seems like a great gift idea.
Great gift idea!! Thanks!