In past years, we've made homemade holiday gifts for the kids' teachers, Imogene, etc. that were soup mixes in Mason jars. This year I mixed it up a little and we made cookie mixes instead. The recipients just have to add the wet stuff (eggs, butter, vanilla) and then they have a batch of cookie mix. We made Cowboy Cookies, Chocolate Chip Cookies and Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. N was a big help. He was good at leveling, creating a funnel for me to pour ingredients through, packing down sugar, and eating stray ingredients from the table. Here is the process: