The Mason Jar Soup to Nuts Cookbook How to Create Mason Jar Recipe Mixes Lonnette Parks

ISBN: 0-7570-0129-7 Length: 144 Pages Size: 7.5 X 7.5-inch Format: Quality Paperback Category: Cooking / Crafts Price: $12.95 Availability: In Print   Contents Reviews

Walk into any gift or gourmet store, and you'll see that the popularity of beautiful Mason Jar mixes continues to grow. In this follow-up to her best-selling book, The Mason Jar Cookie Cookbook, author and cook extraordinaire Lonnette Parks presents recipes for more than fifty delicious soups, muffins, breads, cakes, pancakes, beverages, and more--as well as some great treats for your pets. And, just as in her previous book, the author tells you how to give the gift of home cooking to friends and family.

For each Mason jar creation, the author provides the full recipe so that you can cook or bake a variety of delights at home. In addition, she includes complete instructions for beautifully arranging the nonperishable ingredients in a Mason jar so that you can give the jar--complete with preparation instructions--to a friend. By adding just a few common ingredients, your friend can then prepare mouthwatering baked goods, refreshing beverages, and satisfying soups and breakfast dishes in a matter of minutes. Recipes include Golden Corn Bread, Double Chocolate Biscotti, Ginger Muffins, Apple Cinnamon Pancakes, Barley Rice Soup, Viennese Coffee, and much, much more.

Whether you're interested in cooking a stack of golden pancakes in your own kitchen, giving distinctive Mason jar recipe mixes to friends and family, or searching for a clever fund-raising idea, The Mason Jar Soup-to-Nuts Cookbook is the perfect book.

Lonnette Parks has been baking cookies since she was seven years old, and is an award-winning pie maker and cake decorator. The author currently resides with her family in Salem, Virginia, where she is the owner of the Blue Ridge Cookie Jar Mixes company, a firm that specializes in creating gift Mason jar cookie kits.

Contents

Introduction

Section 1. The Joys Of Mason Jar Recipes
The Ingredients
Basic Equipment
Making the Recipes
Creating the Jars
How to Use This Book

Section 2. The Recipes
Breakfast Treats
Muffins and Scones
Cakes, Brownies, and Breads
Cookies
Soups
Beverages

Glossary of Cooking Terms
Resource Listings
Index

Reviews

"This blend of cookery and crafts will appeal to a cross section of readers."

Booklist

"Parks's ideas are quaint and generous."

Publishers Weekly

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