Salt Dough
A simple dough to make ornaments or crafts. This dough is baked in the oven. It can be painted and glazed if desired. You can make ornaments, handprints, and keepsakes that will last for years!
Equipment
- cookie cutters optional
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour 600 g
- 1 cup table salt 288 g
- 1 ½ cups warm water 375 ml
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt.
- Add in the water and stir to combine.
- When it starts to form a dough, tip it out onto the counter and knead it until it is a smooth soft dough (1-2 minutes). If you find the dough is still very sticky, a little at a time, knead in more flour. If the mixture is very dry, wet your hands and knead the moisture into the dough until it is a smooth dough.
- Let the dough rest about 5 minutes.
- Roll the dough out, with a rolling pin, to ¼-in. thick. Make sure to turn the dough several times to insure it is not sticking to the counter.
- Cut the dough out with cookie cutters, or cut out your design of choice.
- Gather the unused dough together and roll it out again. Continue to cut the dough into shapes. Do this until all the dough is used up.
- Using a kitchen skewer, or the end of a straw, poke the holes in the shapes. These holes are needed to thread through a string, after they are baked.
- Preheat the oven to 250 ℉ (120 ℃).
- Place the dough shapes on a lined baking sheet. Bake for about 2 hours, depending on the size of your shapes. Larger shapes could take up to 3 hours.
- When the shapes are done, they should be white and set on both sides.
- Let them cool completely, before using them.