How do I send baked goods to my sailor with it staying fresh?
Any suggestions for keeping banana bread fresh when I mail it to my son? He just joined the Carl Vinson for his 2nd deployment and he told me that others got baked goods on the last deployment, which I didn't know about. I'm concerned about it getting moldly. I was thinking of freezing it after it is baked and wrapping it in plastic wrap, then foil and put it in a large ziploc bag. Will that work or is there a better way? Also, I want to bake him cookies but thinking they will be crumbs and/or moldly by the time it reaches him.
Thanks for any suggestions,
Sheba
I have been through 4 deployments and have sent many baked goods. Store bought items last longer becasue of the preservatives they put in. Everything i sent was frozen first, then wrapped in tinfoil. I also went to the dollar store and got plastic containers to send cookie in, lined it with tinfoil andput tinfoil between layers.
Some folks I know vaccuum packed their baked goods. If doing it that way I would put popped corn in the box to cushion.
Cake in a jar is good to send also.
Dec 2, 2011
when i sent my son baked goods i put them in the plastic container and lined the bottom with bread-then bubble wrap then the baked goods then bubble wrap on that and bread on top of that and he said they were still fresh when he got them. just an idea
Dec 3, 2011