17 years or 17 seconds

I'm still looking for a jar cookie mix that fits in the jar... I gave another one a try since I figured it had less than 2 cups of flour it might work. I had some time on a Tuesday after work to bake them up. Recently I had to get a new cookie scoop after almost 17 years with my trusty scoop. I accidentally dropped the other one and popped the pin out and could NOT for the life of me get it realigned. So I ordered a new one... a Wilton brand scoop. I figured why not pay for the good one hoping to get another 17 years out of it... well I got 17 seconds. It came out of the package terrible.... then I got 2 cookies scooped and it was misaligned and got stuck. So... fail... requested a replacement and used my spoons again. I've learned that I'm a much better cookie baker with my scoop. I'm not very consistent and make a giant mess. These cookies are the winner. They fit in the jar, they bake up a little flat - but that honestly could be the margarine I used and not butter because well... I'm a house without butter at the moment. I don't even know how that happened to be honest. That will be fixed today. I left the cookies on the tray to cool and everyone tried to snag one as they walked past. They are pretty delicious. Love it. I found a winner!! Now I need to do the math how much ingredients do I need to make 30 of these jars.... Yay math!

M&M Cookie Mix In A Jar

Ingredients
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup Holiday M&M’s or chocolate chips, see note
⅓ cup light brown sugar, packed
½ cup granulated sugar
1-quart Mason jar
Instructions
Assembling jars:
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Pour into the bottom of a 1-quart mason jar (I rolled up a paper plate to use as a funnel). Top the flour mixture with M&M’s, dropping them in lightly, so that they don’t sink into the flour. Top the M&M’s with brown sugar, and then granulated sugar (use a spoon to carefully scoop the sugars into the jar). Seal with the lid and decorate with ribbon and fabric (see note).
Recipe to include with the jar (see note):
In a large bowl, whisk ½ cup of melted and cooled unsalted butter, 1 large egg, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Add the contents of the jar and gently stir with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until combined (dough will be crumbly). Chill for 30 minutes.
Form golf ball sized portions of dough, pressing firmly as you form the ball. Place the dough balls onto lined baking sheets. Bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes, until the edges are set and the centers of the cookies are still slightly underdone. Place baking sheets on a rack to cool.