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Salt Dough Recipe for Ornaments and Decorations
This classic salt dough recipe from the 1950's is ideal to use with children to make ornaments, decorations and models
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Play Recipe
Keyword
Air Drying Clay, Christmas Ornaments, Salt Dough, salt dough recipe
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
1
hour
hour
Total Time
1
hour
hour
15
minutes
minutes
Servings
24
ornaments
Author
Cerys Parker
Equipment
Large bowl
Baking Tray
Rolling Pin
Ingredients
500
g
Plain Flour
*All Purpose Flour
250
g
Table Salt
125
ml
Warm Water
Hand Warm
UK Metric
-
US
Instructions
Mix the salt and flour together
Gradually add the warm water as you mix it together by hand
Turn out onto a lightly floured surface
Knead for 5 to 10 minutes until smooth
Shape and mold as you wish
Air dry OR bake in the oven for 1 hour+ at 300F (150C) until dry
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Notes
This is not edible simply use to create Christmas ornaments and decorations