Here's a fun idea for a housewarming or hostess gift that I put together for a friend. I was struggling to find a unique and useful idea for a good friend we were visiting recently and came up with this. A basket with homemade granola, a jar of dried cherries, raisens and a scoop. As I was tying the bow on it, I thought this was worthy of sharing on my blog! Unfortunately, I didn't get a pic of the final product, but I did get pics of the basket contents.
(Imagine this with a big shimmery gold bow tied across it!)
The jars and basket were purchased at Meijer. I used a large cracker jar for the granola and pint and 1/2 pint mason jars for the dried fruit. Ball makes a set of mason jars specifically for gifts with silver lids that matched nicely with the cracker jar. I also included a recipe card for the granola.
The granola recipe is pretty easy, but you'll have to play around with it. It has multiple options for sweetener and what to put in it. I found doing a combination of a couple sweeteners (honey, maple syrup and brown sugar) worked nicely. I also cut back on the salt as one batch I made was pretty salty. It's still a work in progress, but I'm getting close to a recipe I like.
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