Powdered Cream Soup Base Mix is an easy pantry-stable mix to keep on hand to make your favorite "cream of" soup. Makes a great semi-homemade food gift in a jar.

Holiday gift-giving doesn't have to break the bank. Often the best gifts are simple, from the heart, and made in the kitchen — like a holiday Mason jar filled with hot cocoa or cookie mix ingredients.

Shopping for the holidays can be complicated, costly and time-consuming. But creating homemade gifts in your kitchen conveys that unquantifiable "time-spent-thinking-of-you" character. As you compile ...