Recipe by: Land-O-Lakes SHIPPING COOKIES Materials needed: your home-baked
cookies sturdy cardboard box or empty coffee can aluminum foil or plastic
food wrap paper towel tape: freezer, plastic or masking brown mailing paper
Bar, drop or fruit cookies can best withstand mailing; tender, fragile
cookies are apt to crumble when mailed. Use heavy cardboard box, cookie
tin, or empty coffee can as a mailing container. Line container with
aluminum foil or plastic food wrap. Wrap four to six cookies of the same
size together in aluminum foil, plastic food wrap or plastic food bags and
seal securely with freezer tape; repeat until container is full. Place
heaviest cookies at the bottom of the container and layer the wrapped
cookies with crumpled paper towels around them. Bubble wrap can be used to
line container and divide layers of cookies. Seal container with freezer,
plastic or masking tape. Wrap container with an outer paper wrapping. Brown
mailing paper or a cut grocery sack work well. Print mailing address and
return address on the package in waterproof ink; mark the package
“Perishable Food” to encourage careful handling.
SHIPPING CANDIES Materials needed: your home-made candy sturdy cardboard
box or empty coffee can plastic food wrap waxed paper newspaper or plastic
bubble wrap tape: freezer, plastic or masking brown mailing paper
Do not package candies that absorb moisture (caramels, mints, hard
candies) in the same containers those that lose moisture (fudge, fondant,
meringues). Wrap different candy varieties in plastic food wrap and divide
layers with waxed paper. Use a heavy cardboard box, cookie tin, or empty
coffee can as mailing container with crumpled or shredded newspaper or
plastic bubble wrap for padding. Seal container with freezer, plastic or
masking tape. Wrap container with an outer paper wrapping. Brown mailing
paper or a cut grocery sack works well. Mark the package “Fragile” and
“Perishable” to encourage careful handling. Me ke aloha, Mary
Yields
1 Servings