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Simple and delicious homemade food gifts to give this holiday season

Don’t most of us own too much stuff? That's where food gifts come in handy.
Don’t most of us own too much stuff? That's where food gifts come in handy. (Getty Images)

You can fight the crowds and brave the mall. You can buy another scarf or a fancy bar of soap, pick up gloves or a new shirt. Everyone loves books. (See my recommendation for my favorite cookbooks of the year.) But honestly, don’t most of us own too much stuff?

There is another way to go about holiday gift-giving this season: Creating gifts from the comfort of your kitchen is an ideal to cross off everyone on your list.

Every year, without fail, I make chocolate and pistachio nut buttercrunch. It’s my December tradition, a ritual that lets me know it’s the holiday season. You can spice nuts or season salts, or you can bake cookies.

This year, I came up with three new

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