Freelance Muses: What to bring to a food swap

So you’ve decided to attend a food swap. Sounds exciting, why not, right? But wait...now comes the hard work of deciding what the heck you are going to bring. Don’t panic if you aren't a culinary wiz...or, maybe you are such a god(dess) in the kitchen you can't narrow all the options down. As promised, here are some musings of things we'd be happy to see at a food swap.

Remember Rule 1: think of making things that last.

Sweet

Granola

Cranberry Nut Granola

French Chocolate Granola

Jam

Apricot Jam

Fig Butter (forget the scones in this recipe, just bring the filling. Yum!)

Scones (remember, we are making things that last so don’t try to trade one scone for a bottle of vodka, cheap-o!)

Gluten Free Raspberry Oat Scones

Bacon and Date Scones (um, yeah, those sound aaamazing!)

Flour Bakery's Currant Scones ...remember that their chef, Joanne Chang is one of the four nominees this year for the James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef Award.

Homemade Vanilla
Vanilla Extract

Savory