Show Us Your Cookie Jar/Biscuit Tin/Cracker Barrel
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Comments (20)I was just here checking to see if anyone was still canning anything, since I canned beef broth today. I raised the heritage Blue Slate turkey that we had at Thanksgiving, along with the fingerling potatoes which store very well in the cellar. Pumpkin pie was made from home canned pumpkin and an appetizer of a savory cheesecake was topped with my Habanero Gold. Mulled cider from cider we pressed and I had in the freezer stayed warm in the crockpot. Christmas thumbprint cookies contained homecanned jam and the green beans were from my basement "store" and my stepson roasted another one of those turkeys. The guys all doused theirs with my home canned hot sauce. All the Christmas baking was done with eggs from the freezer too, and the pie was made with homecanned apple pie filling. Throughout the holidays we snacked on fresh tortilla chips and salsa that I had canned (Yes, I'm THAT Annie). Oh, I made the ricotta for the lemon ricotta pancakes too, as well as the yogurt. Enchiladas made with leftover turkey were topped with tomatillo sauce that I made and froze when the last of my tomatillos vines were threatened by frost. My kids are coming over tomorrow and we're having beef roulades, with the onions in the rolled beef coming from the root cellar and the beef from my barnyard, good organic grassfed beef, a Hereford/Highland cross. Sweet and sour kale from our bumper crop of greens this year, home canned green beans with bacon for the grandkids and the cheesecake will be topped with homecanned blueberry topping. Appetizers will be venison sausage and homemade liverwurst from that same grassfed beef, pickled beets and Linda Lou's 10 day sweet pickles So, yeah, I use a lot of my canned goods. Annie...See MoreRECIPE: Awsome but easy cookie and candy receipes
Comments (23)Here's a couple simple things that sell like hot cakes at our craft shows; Diane's Home Cookin 4.8 Chapter: Candy White Trash =========== 3 Cup chex type cereal 3 Cups cheerios type cereal 2 Cups salted Peanuts 1-1/4 Pounds White Dipping Chocolate (melted) . Mix first 3 ingredients. Pour melted white chocolateover mixture-toss to coat. Spread into waxed paper and cool. Break up clumps. I package this in sandwhich sized ziplock baggies & sell for $1.25---also do Moose Droppings Buy a lrg bag of caramel popcorn from the bulk section of groc store---melt a bag of chocolate dipping wafers & toss with the caramal popcorn-spread out to cool & break up clumps--package & sell like the White Trash. WE also do plain white popcorn ( salted) covered with melted white chocolate & use the colored candy coating wafers to do brown, orange & yellow at our Fall shows, white-- green & red at our Christmas shows. And small ziplock bags (3 x 4 inches)of Tiger Bark sell well at $1.25 Diane's Home Cookin 4.8 Chapter: Candy Tiger Bark =========== 1 Cup milk chocolate chips 2 Cups (12 ounces) vanilla milk chips or almond bark 2 Cups peanut butter chips 1/2 Cup chopped peanuts . Line jellyroll pan with foil. In microwave, melt 3 types of chips separately, stirring until smooth. Pour melted peanut butter chips into prepared pan, spreading level. Sprinkle on peanuts. Pour melted vanilla and chocolate chips on top, drizzling each randomly. To marbleize, use knife to pull through chocolate in wide curves. Refrigerate until set. Break into pieces....See MoreSavory cookies?
Comments (28)I've found a few more.......... Rosemary and Olive Oil Crackers Adapted from Karen Solomon’s cookbook Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It published by Ten Speed Press 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for the cracker tops 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more for the cracker tops 1 egg 1/3 cup olive oil 1/4 to 1/2 cup cold water 1 teaspoon dried chopped rosemary, plus more for the cracker tops In a large bowl or food processor, mix the 2 cups of flour, baking powder, sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, and pepper. In another bowl lightly beat the egg and the olive oil. Slowly stir the liquid into the dry ingredients in the bowl, or combine in the processor and pulse, until the dough starts to form a course meal. Add the water as needed, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough comes together and you can form it into a single ball. Add the chopped rosemary and pulse to combine. On a lightly floured work surface, cut the dough in half. Shape each piece into a square about 12 inches wide. Wrap each piece in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Lightly oil 2 baking sheets and dust with flour (Erin’s Note: I always use Silpats). Roll out 1 piece of dough, trying to retain its square shape, until it reaches a thickness of 1/8 to 1/4 inch. The desired thickness can vary to your taste; note that the thinner the cracker, the crisper and the more delicate it will be. Lightly prick the dough all over, every half inch or so, with the tines of a fork. Lightly brush the top with water, sprinkle with additional salt, pepper, and chopped rosemary, then give 1 or 2 more gentle rolls with a floured rolling pin to press the toppings into the dough. Cut the dough into the desired shapes. (Erin’s Note: I used mini cookie cutters shaped like stars, hearts, and ruffled circles). Carefully transfer the crackers onto the prepared baking sheets using a scraper or a spatula. Bake for 8 to 20 minutes, until evenly browned. Check the crackers after 8 minutes; their cooking time will vary by size and thickness. Small, snack-size crackers might be ready, whereas larger crackers could require longer. Note that all the crackers might not be done at the same time��"those around the edges of the baking sheet might cook more quickly. Cool the crackers completely, and store in an airtight container up to 1 week or more. These crackers also freeze beautifully for several months. Let them sit at room temperature for 2 hours before use. ******************************************************* Peppered Rosemary Oat Crackers Recipe courtesy Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh .Prep Time:30 minInactive Prep Time:-- Cook Time:15 minLevel: IntermediateServes: 60 pieces.Ingredients 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon chopped rosemary leaves 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Put the oats into a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add flour, salt, pepper, rosemary, baking powder, and butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk and pulse until a dough forms about 15 seconds. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thick (about a 13-inch round) and cut out about 60 square oatcakes. Arrange oatcakes on baking sheets 1-inch apart and bake in middle of oven 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly brown on the bottom. Transfer oatcakes to a rack and cool completely....See MoreTime to Show Off Your Drawers!
Comments (30)In the above photo of my kitchen, to the right of the range that top drawer contained pot holders and my immersion blender. The long drawer to the left of the sink had all manner of spoons, spatulas, measuring cups and spoons... all the stuff I needed to cook and bake with, and it also had dividers like my silverware drawer in a photo above. It was very easy to find stuff and put it away properly, and everything was right at my fingertips and next to where I’d use the other stuff associated with it. (My mixer was right there, and all of my spices were in the cabinet above that, which was also very near my range so I could grab spices while cooking.) My pots and pans, and casserole dishes were in the cabinet below. My skillets were in the bottom drawer to the right of the range and are in a photo above. The set of 3 huge drawers to the right of the sink and dishwasher held my silverware (the drawer is in a photo above) and below that I had dish towels, large bowls for cooking (I showed a toaster in one of the photos in the drawer... but I didn’t end up keeping that there after all and it stayed on the counter) but I didn’t have dividers for the two large bottom drawers. The most bottom drawer had a lot of overflow kitchen stuff and was always my worst organized drawer, but I didn’t need to access it often. Hope that helps explain how it worked for me. That kitchen was organized beautifully once hubby was done making it (he did all of the designing, building, and painting by himself, and it took about a year to complete. I had a functioning kitchen in a mere 2 weeks, but I lived with open wood boxes/slots for storage while he finished building doors and drawers. He also took 3 months off during that build to go on a short term missions trip, finish 2 masters degrees, work full time, and travel with me for one of our son’s sporting competitions. So it didn’t really take a full year to build if you consider that. LOL!) But I was always really proud of his work and how well he listened to how I wanted all of my stuff organized. I miss that kitchen a lot!...See More
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThis is my goody tub. Its Tupperware. I usually put any cookies I make into this. Sometimes I stash my chocolate in it. Its empty now. But I like to keep it out because it's cute. To me anyway. :)
Ita sitting on one of my bread boxes now,for the picture. It's usually not.
7 years agoWe have a breakfast counter. One end holds s/p shaker/napkins and the other a small cookie/candy container, mostly for gum. I swap them out seasonally. Like marilyn as I came across them I could't resist.
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThese are all part of my décor on top of curio cabinets in one room. They don't have a clue what a cookie is. Cookies are stored in a Rubbermaid container.
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This is a fun thread and timely for me. I never displayed a cookie jar but one day bought the large container of biscotti at Costco. I like the idea so then put chocolate stars.
I am going to get a clear OXO cookie jar but have to see what size.
On the other side of my kitchen is an OXO canister for my dog's kibble.
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7 years agoThis one was a KT favorite years ago when we had a thread like this! It’s actually my daughters. She left it here when she got an apartment. She paid $6 at a flea market.
This is one I bought at a yard sale for $3
Mom bought me this around the time I got married. It will be 30 years in May. I store cookie cutters in it.
This matches my first set of dishes-Country Hen. I no longer have the dishes. Just a couple of big mixing bowls.
The Doughboy giggles when you lift the lid!
Paid $1 at an estate sale
Another find for $1
One Mom had and gave me
One of Mom’s it’s above my computer desk
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Here is the cookie jar my mom made for me. I think it was early 80s. There was a short lived make your own pottery at home party phase. She made one for me and one for my sister. Picture is through glass so apologies for that.
7 years agoI lost all of mine in the flood. My very sweet cleaning ladies are always bringing me gifts. This adorable little guy is a Christmas gift from them.
No cookies in it.
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7 years agoI love all these ceramic cookie jars, and my mother had some too. I had friends in San Francisco who collected them, but they generally had way too many of them, like Andy Warhol.
I would like to compete with Eld6161 for being utilitarian (AKA cheap). Here's mine:
I did not even buy this - it was a gift from our London showroom, and I asked for the container once the shortbread was gone. So I paid zero for this, but I do use it. However most often I put Torta di Mele in it, as I very seldom make cookies any more, but I do make apple desserts when we have apples on our tree.
I love ceramics but do not collect much (other than what friends of mine make) as they do not hold up well during earthquakes.
Here's a sugar bowl that a friend from SF made for me:
He made an even more elaborate one for my mother for when he visited my parents with me. He also made an anemone inspired vase for me that got pretty damaged in the Northridge quake, but I kept it anyway. There are still a few pieces I need to glue back together.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoDees, I have the Shawnee Lucky elephant, and I also have this elephant, but it is yellow, not this greenish color. It is made by Doranne of California.
I also have my mother's old cookie jar. It is this one, but looks better than this. It is American Bisque, from the 1940's, I believe. It is bears....boy on one side and girl on the other.
I paid $5 for Clover Winnie at a yard sale and paid $10 for Pussinboots from my neighbor, and the owl was given to me. I don't remember how much I paid for the dutch girl...probably about $5. Some of the cookie jars, like Clover Winnie used to sell for a lot more than they would today. I have seen it for $600. The value has gone down considerably, and also, there are so many reproductions now. I never set out to collect cookie jars but I have several more....another owl, made in Japan, a strawberry....that one might be McCoy, I can't remember. A McCoy pig, and more that are in a cabinet that I haven't opened since the flood, out in my storage building. I guess they are okay...it didn't tip over when the building filled up. I can't remember what all is in it now. It will be like a time capsule when I finally do open it. ;)- 7 years ago
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- 7 years agoThis was my mother-in-laws. When we cleared out her home my sister-in-law wanted it. I knew she should have it over me with being a daughter. She had one daughter and she passed away so she brought it to me since I have someone to pass it along to. I have enjoyed. It so much. I know it is over 52 years old..
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Oops I forgot this one. It was given to me by a guy my sister had just started dating in the 80’s. His mother was downsizing her collection of cookie jars and he knew I like chickens. He didn’t stay in the picture for long but the cookie jar did!
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I forgot that I bought this one last year just because I loved the shape. I use it in a bathroom to hold miscellaneous items.
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7 years agoThis little gal lives in a corner of my china cabinet. She belonged to my mother, I have no idea how old she might be. Possibly my age or even older, I've not done any research on her, but she's been around for as far back as I can remember. And in some things, that's pretty far!
She got a lot of use all through my childhood, I know! At some point, my mother attempted to repaint some of the areas where the color had worn off, so any value she may have had as an antique was ruined, but I love her just as she is! She's not held a cookie in the last 40 or more years, but she earned this 'retirement'.
I also have a couple of clear pressed glass 'biscuit' jars, and I think I have a green Depression glass biscuit jar somewhere, but couldn't find it just now. I have way too much "stuff"!
I don't use any of them for their intended purpose, they don't protect from humidity, and who wants soggy crackers or cookies! Or biscuits or whatever else would normally be stored in these containers.
Rusty
7 years agoI bought this biscuit jar in an auction. I just liked the way it looks. It wouldn't really do for cookies or crackers because like Rusty said, they wouldn't protect against humidity or keep anything fresh.
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This cookie jar was always on my mil’s counter and she gave it to me about 10 years ago.
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Dees, I was at my friend's shop today and even tho you said not to take a picture, I did. To tell the truth, it wasn't the one I was thinking it was. Anyway.....
So much stuff in there. I couldn't get close.
marilyn_c