Christmas Morning Muffins in a Jar

Give the gift of Christmas morning muffins in a jar to brighten someone’s Christmas this year!

Hey guys! I have a fun idea for you today! We are sharing Christmas in a jar ideas for Day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas series. I went back and forth on whether to do décor in a jar or a recipe. Finally I decided on these Christmas morning muffins in a jar. They would make the perfect gift to give someone or to make up ahead of time for yourself!

You can find the instructions below, and at the bottom of the post check out some more Christmas in a jar ideas from the many talented bloggers we have joining us for this blog hop.

If you want to see what I have posted for the other days, follow these links:

• Day 1 – Finger Knitted Christmas Wreath
• Day 2 – 30 Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas
• Day 3 – Rustic Christmas Advent Calendar
• Day 4 – Paper Christmas Cookies Kid’s Craft
• Day 5 – Cream Cheese Christmas Tree with Crackers and Pepper Jelly
• Day 6 – DIY Wooden Bead Feather Ornament
• Day 7 – White Village Christmas Mantel
• Day 9 – Simple Hand Embroidered Gift Tags
• Day 10 – Blush and Rose Gold Christmas Tree
• Day 11 – Homemade Snickers Bars
• Day 12 – Knitted Christmas Stockings

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Welcome to Day 8 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

We have teamed up with 50 plus bloggers to bring you a oodles of DIY ideas and recipes to make your holiday season merrier. There are 12 different posts in the series and we have spread them out over a four week period with three posts per week. Now is the time to subscribe!

GO HERE for the complete list of Dates and Topics plus a collection of the most popular holiday ideas including ornaments, games, recipes and more from all 50 plus talented bloggers!

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Who has time to make breakfast on Christmas morning anyway? Usually we have a bigger meal later in the day so breakfast is just grab whatever is available. This would be something you can prepare ahead of time and simply mix together in the morning and throw in the oven. Super easy!

The dry ingredients are already ready in the jar. The person who you give the jar to will have to add some wet ingredients but the majority of the mix is there. I layered the dry ingredients to make them look nicer in the jar.

To prepare the jar like the picture above you need to put in the following ingredients in the following order:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup rolled oats (not quick oats)
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries

To keep the mess minimized, I used a funnel to pour in the flour and brown sugar.

I made some labels for the jars. If you print them onto sticky paper, you can apply them directly to the lid and jar. If you don’t have sticky paper, you can always use regular paper and some double stick tape. The label on the lid has the wet ingredients the person receiving the gift would need as well as the baking instructions.

The label on the jar just lets them know what kind of muffins they are. 🙂 You can find the labels HERE.

This recipe makes 12 muffins so I included 12 muffin liners. They have all kinds of fun Christmas patterned liners at the store, you should be able to find some red and green ones easily to match with the label. Place them upside down on the lid and tie a piece of twine around the whole jar to secure them down.

How cute is this? It is a perfect gift for a neighbor, teacher or anyone for that matter.

Check out some more Christmas in a jar ideas below. I will be back on Friday to share some pretty gift wrapping ideas. See you then!

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