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Salt Dough Recipe for Cookie Ornaments

Ingredients

  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1 cup plain salt
  • 1 cup room temperature water

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If making these as hanging ornaments, before baking poke a hole through one section, not too close to the edge. Use a small dowel (like the end of a chopstick) and be sure to remove the dough from the other side after making the hole. Once baked and painted or decorated with glitter, tie a ribbon through the hole and enjoy the ornament!
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Preparation

  1. Mix the salt and flour in a large bowl and then add water.
  2. Knead for about five minutes, until it becomes smooth and elastic. Cover with cling wrap to keep the dough from drying out, and let sit for 30 minutes.
  3. Cut into desired shapes, using cookie cutters, and place onto a cookie sheet as you would any cookie.
  4. Bake for approximately two hours at a low temperature setting: 50ºF for the first half-hour, then increase temperature slowly to 100ºF and cook until the piece is uniform in color.
  5. If any air bubbles appear while baking, pierce the bubbles with a pin and gently depress the dough. If the dough starts to darken before cooking is complete, cover with a piece of aluminum foil.
  6. The dough is cooked when it's hard and sounds hollow when tapped. Turn the oven off and leave the salt dough in the oven until cool.
  7. WARNING: These cookie ornaments are not edible.