Brownie Mix in a Wide Mouth Quart Canning Jar

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups sugar (packed tightly)
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup chopped nuts
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
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• 1 tsp. salt

Directions:

Mix flour with baking powder and salt. Start filling jar with sugar at the bottom. Add cocoa powder, cleaning the inside of jar with a paper towel after this layer. Add chopped nuts. Add mixed flour a little at a time; press in tightly after each addition. Use jar lid to push the last bit down into the jar.

Brownies (recipe on a card attached to jar)

• Jar of brownie mix
• 1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine (not diet), melted
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten

Empty jar of brownie mix into large mixing bowl, and blend thoroughly. Add melted butter and eggs. Mix until completely blended. Spread batter in a cooking sprayed 9 x 13 inch baking pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Cut into 2 inch squares.

Makes 2 dozen brownies

Source: Cookies in a Jar: Recipes for Layered Cookie Mixes by Jackie Gannaway

By Vivian P.