Christmas Treat Bundles

Only a few days left till Christmas! And since I only bought gifts for my dad and uncle, I decided to make little gift bags for my family that I will be spending Christmas with this year. These were so fun to make and although I encountered trouble along the way, it came out a success. Heres one:

Don't they look delicious? 

Want to know how to make them? Keep reading...

Firstly, I made sugar cookies. I used the recipe:

Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 tbsp milk

1/2 tbs vanilla 

Steps:

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F

1. Mix all dry ingredients.

2. Mix all wet ingredients.

3. Mix both, dry and wet.

4. Mix until ball forms.

5. You can make small balls or roll out and cut into shapes like I did onto a baking sheet.

5. Bake for about 12-15 minutes

6. Let cool.

That's it! So simple

Then I decorated them with my family. I bought normal vanilla icing and food coloring. I used sandwich bags to pipe. It was really fun.

Secondly, I made peanut brittle, which went horribly wrong.

I forgot to butter the parchment paper I guess. So it all stuck and was inedible. I did manage to save little bits though.

Ingredients: 1 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Corn Syrup

1 1/2 cup of salted peanuts (or any really)

1 tbsp Butter

1 tsp Vanilla

1 tsp Baking soda

Steps:

1. Mix corn syrup and sugar. Microwave for 5 min (high)

2. Add in peanuts. Microwave for 5 more minutes, stirring about half way, until golden brown

3. Add in vanilla, baking soda, and butter. Be quick!

4. Spread onto BUTTERED parchment paper.

5. Cool and then break into pieces

no image available because I failed at this

Thirdly, I made chocolate almond bark. That was the easiest thing.
Ingredients: 2 cups (16 oz.) of chocolate*
1 1/2 cup roasted & salted Almonds
*I used half semisweet and half dark

Steps: 1. Melt chocolate accordingly
2. Spread onto parchment paper.
3. Sprinkle almonds and then move around to coat.
4. Let cool & break

Lastly, I wrapped everything into a little treat bag. For mine, I got these holiday themed ziplock bags (1 qt) and just cut off the top part (the closing part). Then I put chocolate bark with a sugar cookie in front of it. Then I sprinkled little bits of peanut brittle, from what I could salvage in my failed one, but normally I would add big pieces. Then to tie it off, I bought these $1 ribbons (red & white) from Walmart.
These are the finished products. Although I do recommend letting the frosting on the cookies dry better than I did.