13 easy Christmas baking gift ideas
In need for some quick and easy Christmas gifts? Make one of these Christmas baking ideas.
Whether you’re making a couple batches of homemade cookies to feed a bunch of different people in your life or if you want to make a simple baking building block for your favorite baker in your life who will appreciate an upgraded ingredient (hello homemade jam!), there’s something here for you!
I personally need to get cracking on the candied orange peel as it’s my kids’ favorite thing to find in their stockings!
Baking gift ideas for Christmas
Grab some quick and easy gift ideas for the bakers in your life or make some simple gifts for teachers, friends, and neighbors everyone will love.
Easy candied orange peel so good you’ll have to hide it
If I could write a love letter to one baking ingredient, all the beautiful words would go to candied orange peel. Not only can this easy to make treat go in a million different recipes, it’s easy to eat out of hand, cheaper and less junky to eat than most candy and it looks gorgeous in a jar. Tie it up with some fabric under the lid of a Mason jar plus some ribbon for an instant gift.
Make this homemade vanilla paste and get more flavor with less mess
Vanilla paste gives you the extra vanilla flavor of vanilla beans without the hassle of using vanilla beans plus the added vanilla flavor of extract. If you have a baker in your life she will love you forever for giving her a container of this incredible ingredient. It’s easy to make, less expensive than store-bought vanilla paste and makes everything you bake so so much better.
Homemade pecan sandies cookies so good you’ll be dancing
Crisp buttery sandy textured easy slice and bake cookies filled with an extra layer of flavor in chai spiced maple candied pecans. Stacks of these cookies wrapped up in cellophane bags with ribbon are the kind of easy gift you hope your co-worker leaves you to go with a good cup of coffee.
Homemade peppermint bark: Maybe the easiest Christmas gift ever
Customizable homemade peppermint bark rich with your favorite white and dark chocolate and a smattering of festive candy cane pieces. Pack it up in a tin for an almost instant gift.
Homemade Vanilla Sugar is the easiest way to boost flavor
An easy convenient way to roll your sweetness and vanilla flavor into one place.
The bakers in your life know that it’ll add easy vanilla flavor to everything from your favorite coffee to boosting the flavor of anything sweet you bake.
Maple Whiskey Blueberry Jam is the winter jam that brings all the color
Easy to make blueberry jam with cozy flavors. Make it in winter with frozen berries for an easy gift bakers will want to stir into coffee cakes, kolache, and sandwich cookies.
The best apple butter recipe is also the easiest
Starting with applesauce, you’re 1 minute of prep away from getting a batch of apple butter underway. This low sugar slow cooker applesauce is anything but tasteless. Your toast deserves only the best. Pair it with a muffin mix and you’re close to the most perfect gift basket.
13 Quick and easy Christmas cookies
Cookies are always a welcome gift. Here’s some good cookies everyone will love. Pack them up in a decorative tin or a cute bakery box, and you can make a bunch of gifts in bulk.
Healthy Applesauce Granola (high protein, without all the junk)
Sweetened with applesauce and date syrup, this is not the sugar loaded granola that gets passed off as healthy. This crisp, lightly sweet granola is a crunchy treat you can feel good about giving.
The easy raspberry jam recipe you’ll want to make on repeat (seedless!)
Fresh or frozen berries come together into a tart, flavor filled jam that’s dying to be slathered on toast ASAP. When someone opens up a jar of this vivid jam when the snow is piling up, they’ll remember the beauty of summer and your kindness you showed them in packing up that jar.
Chai Spiced Maple Candied Pecans that make everything insanely delicious
Addictively crunchy candied maple pecans with alluring chai spices. Wrap these up for an easy holiday gift, or eat them out of hand, maybe with some cheese. If you have a charcuterie lover in your life, make a batch of these ASAP to add to a basket of good cheeses and proper cured meats and olives.
The ultimate Fall baking hack: 3 Cinnamon homemade spice blends
Save money and customize your own cinnamon-based spice blends. Add a ribbon and a decorative box, and you have an almost instant gift. Every baker will treasure a jar of any of these spices!
The easiest homemade strawberry jam for sunny bakes any time
With just 4 ingredients and no pectin, you can make this jam anytime you want a bright fresh berry taste. Sweetened just enough and with a little hint of orange, you’ll want to use this fresh strawberry jam for everything. Since you can make this with frozen berries, there’s no better time to whip up some jam for an easy Mason jar gift.
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