SLOW CHRISTMAS / minimal gifts

Ingredients/Supplies:

• Baking Sheet // Parchment Paper (mason jars or other glass containers!) 
• 1 cup organic brown sugar. 
• 1 cup vegan butter of choice (I used Earth Balance sticks)
• 1.5ish cups vegan chocolate chips (I used enjoy life semi sweet choc chips)
• 1-2 sleeves of organic saltines (I used Whole Foods 365 brand) you can also use pretzels!
• Toppings if you want: crushed candy cane, nuts or seeds, coconut shavings etc! 

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 400F and line baking sheet with parchment paper (cover the whole baking sheet entirely!!)
2. Line your saltines on the baking sheet.
3. In a sauce pan on low heat, start melting the butter.
4. Add the brown sugar and stir slowly as the butter melts.
5. When butter is entirely melted, turn the heat to high and bring to a boil.
6. Let it boil for about 30 seconds.
7. Turn heat off and slowly pour the mixture over the saltines!
8. Bake in the oven for 5 minutes.
9. Evenly distribute chocolate chips over top and pop in the oven for another 2 min.
10. With a metal spoon, begin to smooth out the chocolate chips evenly.
11. Let it cool down for a while and pop in the fridge after the pan itself isn’t hot anymore!
12. Once it is chilled completely, crack into pieces and pop in the mason jar!

Supplies/Ingredients:

• Large navel oranges.
• Baking sheet // parchment paper.
• String of choice. 
• Tiny screw driver to poke holes (or something similar!)
• Sprigs of evergreen tree or cinnamon bark etc! 

Instructions: 

1. Pre-heat oven to around 150-200F .. you can also convect bake (which circulates air) but do 150F if possible or keep a close eye depending on your oven and how hot it gets! You don’t want to burn them.
2. Slice oranges into very thin slices!
3. Lay flat on the baking sheet and pop in the oven for 60 min.
4. Rotate / flip and continue on for 30 minute increments until you reach a total time of about 3 hours (again very dependent on your oven but 3 hours should do it!)
5. Make sure you let them cool down and then poke 2 holes close to each other but not too close or the seam will rip making 1 big hole!