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Build a Christmas Baking Gift Basket
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items Build a baking basket for the woman whose kitchen is the heart of her holidays. Real tools, good ingredients, and sweet finishing touches she can use the same day she opens it, then keep using all season. Lovely for neighbors, teachers, new bakers, a...
Sections
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The Basket and Wrap
The Main Gifts
Treats and Small Extras
Finishing Touches
The Basket and Wrap
A cheerful bucket and baker's twine set a kitchen mood, and everything inside is ready to work.
A bright bucket holds a lot and becomes cookie storage the day after the party. Choose red, it never misses at Christmas.
Santa Metal Bucket with Handles Red 5 Inches
Red and white tissue echoes candy canes and keeps paler tools from disappearing into the bucket.
Red and White Stripes and Dots Gift Tissue Paper, 20 in x 20 in, 50 Sheets, by Holiday Time
Baker's twine ties the whole theme together. She will reuse it on cookie boxes all season, I promise.
Baker's Twine, 2 Pound Cone
Slip in one recipe card with your own favorite cookie written out by hand. That card will outlive everything else in the bucket.
LotFancy 60 Count Recipe Cards, 4x6 Inch, Double Sided, Blank Recipe Cardstock
The Main Gifts
Tools she will reach for every December, chosen to last longer than one season.
Nested glass bowls handle everything from dough to royal icing, and they wash up like a dream.
Pyrex Smart Essentials 6-Piece Mixing Bowl Set
Good spatulas scrape a bowl truly clean. That last bit of dough is two more cookies, and we do not waste cookies.
KitchenAid 2-Piece Silicone Mixing Spatula and Scraper
One beautiful shaped pan makes the simplest cake look like an event. Grease it well and it will serve her for years.
Nordic Ware Snowflake Pan
Trees, stars, and gingerbread people. A cutter set invites the grandkids and neighbors in, which is half the joy.
Wilton Metal Holiday Cookie Cutters, 12-Piece Set
Pretty enough to leave on the counter, sturdy enough for daily use. Baking goes better with tools you love looking at.
The Pioneer Woman 8-Piece Multicolor Measuring Cup and Spoon Set
Even scoops mean even baking, no burned small ones and doughy big ones. This is the tool bakers quietly swear by.
OXO Good Grips 1055893 Medium Cookie Scoop
A fresh apron makes her the official baker of the house. Pockets matter, flour happens, we plan for it.
Mainstays Chef Kitchen Apron, 28"x32", 100% Cotton, Black
Treats and Small Extras
Ingredients and sweets that turn tools into an afternoon of baking.
Chop it into cookie dough or eat it standing at the counter. Both are correct, I have tested this thoroughly.
GHIRARDELLI Peppermint Bark Chocolate Squares
A trusted mix gives her a head start on the busiest baking day of the year. No shame, just smart.
Betty Crocker Limited Edition Gingerbread Cookie Mix, Holiday Baking, 17.5 oz
Real vanilla is the soul of holiday baking. One small bottle perfumes the bucket beautifully too.
McCormick, Vanilla Extract, 2 fl oz, Non-GMO, Pure
Sprinkles are pure morale. Red, green, and a little gold turn plain cookies into gifts.
Wilton Christmas Traditional 6-Cell Holiday Sprinkles Assortment
Crush a few for peppermint cookies, hang the rest. Twelve small chances to make something prettier.
Brach's Peppermint Candy Canes, Christmas Candy Canes, 5.3 oz, 12 Count
Finishing Touches
For packaging her bakes onward, because a baker's love language is giving it all away.
Fresh mitts for the season of a hundred trays. Thick ones, please, burns do not belong in holiday memories.
4Pcs Christmas Oven Mitts and Pot Holders
Include empty tins and she is ready to gift her first batch. A tin of homemade cookies beats any store bought present.
Christmas Gingerbread Large Round Gift Tin with Window, Brown/Red/White, 9.75" x 3.75", by Holiday Time
For the small handouts: two cookies, a ribbon of twine, and a neighbor who feels remembered.
Wilton, Clear Treat Bags, 150-Count, Food Grade, 4 x 9.5 in.
Hang this little baker on her tree, or tie it to the bucket handle as the finishing signature.
Holiday Time Multicolor Claydough Baking Gingerbread Chef Christmas Ornament, 4.5 in