COOKIE MIX IN A JAR 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1 1/2 cups flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup chocolate covered candy (such as holiday M&Ms; or Hershey's Holiday Candy Coated Bits) 1/2 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup cocoa crisped-rice cereal (or regular flavor) 1/2 cup white chocolate chips HOW TO MAKE IT In a 1-quart wide mouthed jar, add ingredients in the order listed. Pack them down firmly after each addition (use the blunt end of a table knife or a wooden spoon to level and tamp down each layer). Screw on the cover and prepare a gift tag with the following instructions: To make your holiday cookies, cream together 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 egg in a large bowl. Add the contents of the jar and stir until well blended. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Makes 4 dozen. WRAPPING IT UP This gift, with its various layers of colorful ingredients, is most beautiful unwrapped. We fashioned the instructional tag from a folded rectangle of white card stock, (or unruled 3/5 index cards) decorated it with markers, and wrote the all-important baking instructions inside. Punch a hole in the corner for a length of narrow ribbon, which can then be tied around the jar's neck or secured beneath the threads of the lid. Source: Family Fun magazine, Dec-Jan 2001 Marilyn