Think Beyond the Tin When Giving Cookies as Gifts

Giving cookies as a gift? In a perfect world, baking them would be the beginning and the end of it, but there's always the pesky matter of presentation. How you package your cookies says as much as the cookies themselves do. Sure, you could go with a regular tin, but why not think outside the box—or at least, think inside a different box? You want a container that says, "thoughtful, stylish gift," not "all-purpose generic baked-good receptacle." Here are some ideas.