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Be Mine Cookies

This is the perfect Valentine gift for my neighbor. But, School Teachers, Church Teachers,  or Boss would love to be the recipient of this mason jar of goodness. 

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What You'll Need:

1 1/3 cups flour

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

1/4 tsp salt

2/3 cup M&Ms

1/2 cup coconut

1/4 cup white chocolate chips

1/4 cup chocolate chips

Ingredients for Baking

1/4 melted butter

1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 egg

Layer the ingredients in the order listed in a 1 quart mason jar or add to a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup melted butter, 1/4 cup vegetable oil and 1 egg. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Drop by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes until lightly brown around the eggs. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute and remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Download the printable tag with baking instructions here

4 Delicious Truffle Recipes

          Easy to make bite-size chocolate treats everyone will LOVE                                              

                                                            Chocolate Truffles

credit: Hershey's

                                        Peanut Butter Truffles

   credit:myrecipes 

                                                  Red-Velvet Truffles

credit: snackworks

                                             Chocolate-Expresso Poundcake Truffles

    credit: myrecipes

DIY Heart Shape Box

Make this easy heart shaped box, then fill with candies and home made goodies

4-ply matte board

Poster board

Glue gun

Decorative edgers

Decorative paper

Rubber cement

Candy

Fine-tipped glue applicator (optional)

Glitter (optional)

STEPS

Print out the heart template and enlarge to the desired size; you'll want two hearts, one slightly smaller than the other. Trace the two heart shapes onto 4-ply matte board; the larger heart is for the inner top of the box, the smaller is for the bottom.

Cut two 1-inch strips of poster board, enough to fit around the circumference of the two hearts. Apply glue from the glue gun a couple of inches at a time to the edges of the hearts, shaping it as you work your way around the heart to create the side of the box.

Decorate the top and bottom in the desired fashion. Cut out 2 large hearts from the poster board using decorative edgers. Affix one of the hearts to the top of the box using rubber cement, and one to the bottom.

Make a heart-shaped cutout from decorative paper and place inside. Fill with candy and top with a heart-shaped liner. You can write a message on top with a fine-tipped glue applicator and a few sprinkles of glitter.

see it at marthastewart.com

DIY Valentine Candybox

Decorate match size boxes, then fill with mints and treats

Decorate matchboxes with romantic designs, then fill with Valentine's candies

YOU'LL NEED:

• Scissors
• Red, pink and white wrapping paper in assorted solids and patterns
• Craft matchboxes (at ecrater.com)
• Glue stick
• Heart-shaped paper punches in graduated sizes (available at craft stores)
• Pinking shears
• Assorted decorative items, including red baker’s twine (at baking supply stores), small gift tags and
• small adhesive rhinestone strips (at craft stores)
• Small Valentine’s Day candies, such as heart-shaped red hots or red-pink-and-white candy corn

1. Cut wrapping paper to wrap around outside of box.

2. Apply glue to the back of wrapping paper. Adhere paper to matchbox, working from one end and pushing out any air bubbles as you go.

3. Using heart-shaped punches in different sizes, make hearts out of wrapping paper. Or cut narrow strips of wrapping paper using pinking shears and make a design by punching out a row of small hearts from strips.

4. Decorate wrapped boxes as desired, using hearts, heart strips, baker’s twine, gift tags and adhesive rhinestone strips.

See it at allyou.com