Give Handmade Holiday Gifts of Warmth and Comfort by Making Your Own Baking and Soup Mixes

In today's world, where families are spread across the globe and family dinners are becoming more of a special occasion than a daily occurrence, it's important to share and cultivate family traditions, recipes, and stories. ??One way to encourage your friends and loved ones to try some of your favorite recipes is to make it so easy for them that they can't say no! Making your own baking mixes and soup mixes is a simple way to give your friends and family a few new flavors to add to their meals.??The most important part of making your own baking mix is choosing the right recipes. You want to choose a recipe whose ingredients are primarily either dry or wet. Recipes with things like canned fruit, jam, canned tomatoes, meats, and other ingredients that your friends and family might not keep at hand, and that are impossible to pack and ship, are recipes to be avoided.??Baking Mixes?Baking mixes are simple and fun to assemble, not to mention pretty!?

Fall brides about to move into their new homes and kitchens will love being able to turn to a baking or soup mix for those cozy, newlywed dinners once the temperatures start to drop. The meal may last just one evening, but the recipe can carry on forever.Pasta Sauce Yields 5 pintsTo make canning even easier, Ball RealFruit(TM) Pectins and Ball food mixes are now available in Small Batch and Flex Batch sizes, allowing consumers to tailor their recipes to the amount of fresh produce they have on hand. Ball RealFruit(TM) Classic Pectin has also been reformulated, giving traditional jams even better flavor as consumers capture the freshness of the season.

This holiday season, break out your recipe box and select a few you can turn into mixes. Then unleash your creativity and put your heart into creating some wonderful gifts for the people you value in your life � family, friends, co-workers, etc. Your mixes are sure to be well-received; after all, there is nothing better than warm soup on a chilly night and who doesn�t love brownies!? Happy mixing!

Author: Kate Walling