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Salt Dough Ornaments Recipe

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    30 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 1/4 cup Salt
  • 1/3 cup Water, plus 1 tablespoon
  • 1 Drinking Straw
  • nonstick baking spray
  • Parchment Paper
  • 1 roll Colorful Ribbon, (1/8 to 1/4-inch wide) or string
  • Surgical Gloves, or kitchen gloves
  • Rolling Pin

Directions

  1. Preheat your oven to 250°F. Place the rack in the center position. Prepare a large baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
  2. Line the work area with parchment paper to prevent your counters or table from becoming stained.
  3. In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the flour and salt until well whisked.
  4. In a glass measuring cup, stir in the water and food coloring (see note below) together.
  5. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the colored water. Stir well.
  6. While wearing the surgical gloves, knead the dough with your hands for approximately 10 minutes (on top of the parchment paper), or until the dough has become smooth and the color is distributed throughout.
  7. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a1/4-inch thickness on the parchment paper. Use whatever shaped cookie cutters you’d like to cut out the dough. Transfer the cut shapes onto the prepared baking sheet.
  8. Use the straw to cut a small hole near the top (where you’d like to hang the ornament from).  Lightly spray the cut shapes with the non stick cooking spray. This will help seal in the color.
  9. Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 1 hour. Thread the ribbon or string through the holes and tie to hang.

Notes

  • Color and amount of food coloring is up to you depending on how dark, bright, or light you would like your ornament to be. There are many helpful tutorials on pinterest that will give you specific drop and color combinations for specific colors.
  • The gloves keep your hands from becoming stained from the food coloring as you knead the dough.

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