Cheap foods to make as xmas gifts?

lindseykim13

I did search the other gift thread but didn't see much in the way of food so thought i would ask here.
I am giving small food hampers and don't want to spend too much i normally buy a £10-£15 gift so want to stick in that region. I have already bought tins of biccies (£1 poundshop) to go in there. I want to do something more personnal xmas cakes maybe? any other ideas and recipees maybe how far in advance i can make these things? thanks guys and girls

Zed42

How about home made jam or chutney?

Then the only cost potentially is the cost of the sugar

For more money, sloe gin (vodka) ... or something of that ilk?

ClaireLR

Homemade mince pies MMMMMMMMMMMM

HariboJunkie

I made foodie hampers last year which were filled with a combination of any or all of the following home made stuff.

Blackberry jam (foraged blackberries)
Tomato chutney
Lemon Curd
Picallli
Pickled Onions
Paoched pears
fudge
Bailey's truffles
peppermint creams
chocolate covered marshmallows
gingerbread biscuits
mince pies
christmas pudding muffins

All dead easy to make and they are lots of recipes out there.

Pink.

Hi lindseykim,

These threads on the Special occasions board may help:

Ideas for food hampers

And you should find some recipes in these Old Style threads:

The mysteries of fudge....

OS Style homemade sweets/toffees/fudge

make your own christmas booze!!

Recipe for Christmas Cake

Mince Pies

The Complete Jam, Chutney and other Preserves collection

Lemon Curd

Flavoured oils

Pickled Onions/Shallots & pickled cucumber

Pickling beetroot

Indian Lime Pickle

Easy Homemade Biscuits

shortbread

That's all I can think of at the moment.

Pink

oliveoyl

Turkish Delight... looks fairly cheap and easy to make. Here's the basic recipe, but there are loads of different flavours and ingredients you can use (lemon, mint, rose, pistachio, coconut etc.).

HariboJunkie

oliveoyl wrote: »

Turkish Delight... looks fairly cheap and easy to make. Here's the basic recipe, but there are loads of different flavours and ingredients you can use (lemon, mint, rose, pistachio, coconut etc.).

I keep promising to try this. Thanks for reminding me.

betterlife

what about cake in a jar, you can google it but basically its all the ingredients you need to make a cake or cookies etc in a jar with instructions on, there big in america i think. x