7  Homemade Food Gifts To Get Started on Right Now

Limoncello | Ready in 3 to 4 weeks

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This bright, lemony Italian liqueur is such an easy DIY to make for a fraction of the cost of the store-bought stuff. Of course, you can mix it into cocktails and even use it to flavor cakes.

Coffee Liqueur I | Ready in 4 weeks

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The Big Lebowski was onto something good, and now you can do your part to spread that abiding cheer among your friends with this homemade tipple.

Homemade Chipotle Oil | Ready in 1 week

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"The first thing I did was make popcorn with this and it made the perfect spicy popcorn." You can also use this simple method to make other spice-flavored oils. Try flavors like curry, turmeric, and ginger

Vanilla Sugar | Ready in 1 week

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Talk about easy and impressive! This make-ahead food gift is simply sugar infused with the heady aroma of vanilla beans. The recipe says to let it sit for a week, but the flavor and aroma really builds if you let it sit for a while longer.

Herbed Vinegars | Ready in 2 to 3 weeks

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Elevate plain white vinegar into aromatic bottles of herb-infused magic you'd have to pay big bucks for in fancy food stores.

Smart Cookie's Fruitcake | Ready in 6 to 7 weeks

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Fruitcake has to be the most infamous of all make-ahead food gifts, partly because it needs a good, long, boozy soak to bring out all the flavor. You just might have time to get this one under the wire if you start now

Manhattan Cherries! | Ready in 2 weeks

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Fill little jars with dried cherries and top them up with bourbon, and in a couple of weeks you'll have take-along hostess gifts for all the holiday parties from now through New Year's Eve.

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