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Day 10 is your lucky day ’cause it’s a twofer! We had to have a day of food goodies and I’m so tickled to have two great bloggers with us today. I ‘met’ Cheryl from Tidy Mom sometime last year and her many projects and recipes! Her blog is chock full of stuff you’ll want to try so add her to your bookmarks. She even posted about nutella crepes the other day. Be still my heart! If you love a good linky party, she hosts a party every Friday called “I’m Loving It” where lots of talented ladies share the best projects. And then there’s Jodi from Back40Life. Jodi has a blog and a vinyl decal business. I love so many of her decals and I know you will too. I want this one and this one and this one
Welcome to Cheryl and Jodi and thanks so much for being here today!
Hi everyone!!! My name is Cheryl and when I am not in the kitchen baking or running around with my camera you can find me over in my little corner of the universe at TidyMom.net where I share my favorite recipes, household tips tips, some photography and a bunch of other creative “stuff!”
I was just thrilled when Edie asked me to participate in the 12 Days of {handmade} Christmas. I knew JUST what I wanted to share.
This is a GREAT project for those of you who say “I can’t make handmade gifts” or “I can’t bake“. It’s a food gift that requires NO baking! and a hand made gift that is SO simple……no skills are required.
Warning……..you may want to double or triple the recipe because everyone is going to want some!
Cinnamon Honey Butter {Gift Jars}
Jar Supplies:
Cinnamon Honey Butter (recipe below)
3 1/2 pint canning jars
fabric
jute twine
tinsel “pipe cleaners”
“holly” ribbon
card stock paper
1″ paper punch (optional)
tiny whole punch (mine is 1/16″)
scissors
- cut 3 pieces of fabric in 5″ circles
- remove rim and place fabric on the inner lid piece of filled mason jar then screw outer lid back on over fabric
- Using card stock and Microsoft Word, print tags
I used the font “Cheryl Hand” , size 15, center alignment and I layed it all out using the template in Word for 1.6″ circle labels. Then printed on my card stock.
- Cut out with 1″ punch (or you could cut out by hand)
- use tiny whole punch on tag to thread twine thru
- wrap twine around lid and tie
- wrap tinsel pipe cleaner around lid and twist ends together
- add a small piece of “holly” ribbon to twine
- thread tag on to twine and tie
Cinnamon Honey Butter Recipe
yields 3 half pint jars
Ingredients:
1 cup Honey
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
3 half pint canning jars
- Combine all ingredients in bowl. Using whisk attachment on mixer blend until smooth and creamy, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
- Use rubber spatula to pour mixture in to a large pastry bag (or Ziploc bag), cut off tip and squeeze into half pint jars. (tip: place bag in tall glass for support, or have someone hold the bag while you pour)
These would make fabulous gifts just the way they are, but add some home made pound cake or purchase a yummy bisquit mix or even a bag of bagels, put them in a cute basket with a Christmas or vintage towel and you have a fantastic gift from the heart that took less then an hour to make from start to finish!
Thanks again for inviting me Edie!!
I’d love to hear from any of you if you make the Cinnamon Honey Butter!
Toffee Popcorn
(pics to be restored soon, thanks for your patience!)
Hi – I’m Jodi of Back40Life & I’m super excited to be part of Edie’s 12 Days! My husband Brad & I started our first business together 7.5 years ago, and times were really tight…every extra penny went back into the business and to staying out of debt. When Christmas rolled around, we still wanted to have gifts to give but knew that we needed to go the handmade route as much as possible…and thus was born our toffee popcorn recipe. It was a big hit and even now, years later, we still get requests for it. I’m thrilled to share it with you today.
Ingredients:
- 2 sticks of butter
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- popcorn
First pop your popcorn – for years we used 2 bags of microwave popcorn per batch…more recently we’ve gone to air pop {our popper holds 1/4 cup kernels}. Separate your popcorn into two bowls to make it easier to mix later – take a little time to sift through your popcorn and remove any unpopped kernels – trust me, your teeth will thank you.
Melt the butter over medium heat & add water. When the mixture begins to come to a boil, add the sugar & stir; it will be a beautiful light yellow color. As the mixture cooks, it will start to bubble and become frothy – stir to keep it from burning.
As the toffee cooks it will thicken and begin to deepen in color. In the 15-20 minute range, the toffee will start to thin back down and reach the color of peanut butter. Now it’s time to pour the toffee over your popcorn.
Use a wooden spoon to mix well – be careful not to touch the toffee – it is still scalding hot – I’ve learned that one the hard way! Once you’ve achieved an even distribution, spread the popcorn over wax paper or aluminum foil so that it can cool. Try to keep from burning your fingers as you sample {or is that just me?}
After the popcorn cools, break apart and enjoy. Better yet, have some cute gift bags on hand to keep the entire batch from disappearing! Thanks Edie for having me! Come visit us on the Back40!
Yum! Thanks for sharing these.
(I can’t see the pictures for the toffee popcorn. Maybe it’s just me?)
none of the photos are working for me for the toffee popcorn. all these ideas are so great, though! can’t wait to try these recipes!
Can’t wait to try these recipes! Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.
So excited to try the spread. Butter…YUM! Cinnamon…YUM! HONEY…YUM! Can’t wait! (I can’t see the toffee popcorn pics either)
Thanks so much for having me Edie!! the toffee popcorn sounds amazing too!
I made Cinnamon honey butter last year to give as gifts to my coworkers – it was a huge hit! I think I need to make it again this year. I just love the cute way you wrapped them up. And the popcorn sounds delicious too!
Cheryl, thanks for sharing! I’m really tryingmto do lots of homemade gifts this year and thus will definitely be one!
I am going to make this Honey Butter for christmas gifts!! thanks!!!
just haven’t thanked you yet for all the awesomeness…..
so THANK YOU! Me and My Edie are gonna do Every.Single.One! And put them to good use.
Happy Crafting!
sounds and looks delicious, I can’t wait to try it! thanks for sharing!
These look great…I wanna try the butter!!! 🙂
I love these 2 gift giving ideas! I like the non-sewing ideas because well, I don’t sew… or at least not anything that isn’t a straight line and super duper easy.
My question is… how far in advance could you make this butter? And maybe a dumb question… could this be frozen?
oh my yummy, the first time i made that butter i stood in the kitchen eating everything in sight i could put that butter on and when i lost my creativity i just used a spoon.
now all i need is some popcorn! love these, Miz E, thanks for the hard work!
oh my yummy, the first time i made that butter i stood in the kitchen eating everything in sight i could put that butter on and when i lost my creativity i just used a spoon.
now all i need is some popcorn! love these, Miz E, thanks for the hard work!
Do you have to refrigerate the butter after? Just wondered how you handled that when giving away?
I’ve had several people ask me……..yes, I would refrigerate the butter and just take out before using……it should keep fine for weeks or months.
Someone asked about freezing………that I have no idea, sorry.
I can’t see the toffee popcorn pictures, either…but I LOVE that Cinnamon Honey Butter idea! The butter sounds delicious and the packaging is darling! Cheryl can do it all, I swear! 🙂
The honey butter looks wonderful. I can’t see the photos for the popcorn (probably my stupid computer), but they sure do sound good!
Thank you for a beautiful gift idea.
-FringeGirl
Cheryl’s packaging is beautiful and the cinnamon honey butter sounds delicious. Unfortunately, the photos are not coming through on the Jodi’s Toffee Popcorn but I’ll be they are as great as this gift sounds.
I would love to make the Cinnamon Honey butter for Christmas gifts. If I made it now, how long does it last and does it need refridgeration?
Does the Cinnamon Honey Butter have to be refrigerated? I would think so because of the butter.
I think I love you.
I am definitely making the toffee popcorn! 😉 The honey butter sounds very easy too. Maybe I will just have to try making both.
this is awesome.
easy and yummy and a great gift!
thanks!
I love the jars you used for the honey butter… do you mind sharing what kind they are, or where you purchased them? This will be a great teacher gift, along with my husbands homemade bread.Thanks!
Ohh you know what is odd.. my last question posted on Nov. 14th at 2:23am… and it is Nov.13th and 8:23pm…?? Strange?
Hi! I love your ideas! Could I ask you where you can find the little holly garland to go around the jars? Thanks so much!
Thank you soo much for so many good idea!
enjoy your holidays!
Keep posting!
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Thank you for your lovely recipe. I blogged about it and linked to your post!
I just made my second batch of the honey butter and it is fantastic. I have some jars in the freezer waiting to be Christmas gifts. Thanks for posting!
Do you have to can the jars to seal them? How long is this good for? I am assuming to keep it refrigerated.
Thanks!
I just made 16 jars of the Honey Butter for my Christmas party favors for the ladies. I’m about to make some biscuits now and “test” it to make sure it’s yummy!
How early can you make theses to be handed out for Christmas? Shelf life? Does it need to be refrigerated? Can you make it a head of time & Freeze it?
None of the pictures are working. I would like to see how you decorated the honey butter jars, but I’ve reloaded several times and alas, no pictures.
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