Gift Wrapping Holiday Cookies

For my own gift-able cookies, I go out of my way to sleuth out pretty cello bags to pack them in. I also am always on the look-out for professional bakery boxes or festive tins. Alternatively, I buy a few huge glass cookie jars that show-off the cookies and wrap the jar in beautiful hues of cello paper and tie it with ribbons. Even a vintage blue large Mason jar makes a beautiful holiday cookie jar. Yard sales (if you think ahead in the off season) can yield interesting containers that are gift-able (packed with cookies) and the Internet is also a perfect source for supplies, from bakery supply places to EBay and Etsy. Make holiday cookies small for gifts or nibbling or a bit bigger, for a bolder gift. Look for great tins, even vintage and antique ones to pack the cookies in. The selections of pretty papers and wrappings are inspiring and make a cookie gift the total package, so to speak. I also include the recipe or a cookie sheet or a bottle of pure vanilla with my cookie gifts to make it a gift that keeps on giving. You can even send this book as an E-book stocking stuffer as a gift.