Recipe for Dough Ornaments..............Contributed by Mary G.
These are salt dough ornaments, and, keep for years, if kept dry and protected (I still have some that I made in 1980!).
4C Flour
1C Salt
1 1/2C Water
Knead dough for 10 min, Shape, and bake at 300 degrees. Bake time ranges, depending on thickness, but, is about 20 minutes for cookie thickness, like the Hallmark cutters produce.
You can bake a hook in the dough, but, I usually use the end of a paint brush to punch a small hole at the top of each ornament, before baking. I then loop a ribbon or tinsel cord through the hole after the ornaments are done, so that they can be easily hung with or without a hook.
I then paint each ornament with acrylic paints, and, when dry, spray each with acrylic spray coating to add gloss and make them a little more durable.
Diane T of Jim Falls, WI, makes lots of Christmas Cookie Santas, Candy Canes, Trees and Snowmen every year. She has help from her sister and niece. The large Santa is a Hallmark shaper that is one of her favorites.
