Here's a time saving tip. Make mixes for the foods you regularly eat. It saves time, energy and $$$ making them instead of buying GF mixes from the store. Not to mention they actually taste good. :) I usually mix up GF muffins, cornbread and bread on a regular basis. Occasionally I also mix up brownies, chocolate cake and cookies.
The process I follow is lining up about 6 baggies and measuring out ingredients one at a time into all the bags (ex. flour mix into all the baggies, then sugar into all the baggies, etc.). Then after all the baggies are filled I zip them up and put them into paper bags. To label them, I use mailing labels preprinted with the "wet" ingredients and cooking instructions, as well as a pretty picture (remember 'free' food can be beautiful). I will post the label templates later, when I post the recipes. :)
Make sure you keep track of ingredients as you add them. If I have to measure out 1/2 tsp 4 times (because the 1 tsp has walked off with the kids...) then I make sure to put each measurement in a different part of the bag. Clockwise is a good rule of thumb. It's so easy to lose track when you have distractions!
These mixes are awesome when you have no time to think, or need something fast.
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