Bread Dough Ornaments Recipes

SALT DOUGH RECIPE FOR ORNAMENTS, HANDPRINTS, AND CRAFTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Slowly stream in the water while stirring until it comes together. Finish mixing together with hands. Knead until dough is soft, about five minutes.
• Preheat oven to 300°F. Place half of the dough between two large pieces of parchment paper. Roll out until 1/8" thick. Remove the top sheet of parchment.
• Using cookie cutters, cut shapes (leaving them on the parchment). Peel away the excess dough. Transfer the parchment with shapes to a baking sheet.
• Using a straw or toothpick, poke a hole for ribbon or an ornament hanger. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or until hard.
• Once cooled, decorate using glitter and paint. To make sure the ornaments last a long time (I have one from 30 years ago!), spray with a light coat of polyurethane spray. Thread on a ribbon and hang on tree.

DOUGH ORNAMENT RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Mix flour and salt well. Gradually add water, stirring with a large spoon. Finish mixing with hands. Knead until soft and pliable.
• Roll out on floured surface about 1/8 inch thick. Cut shapes with cookie cutters. Place on cookie sheets. With a toothpick make a hole in the top of the ornament for threading string. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) until hard, about 1 hour. Decorate with paint and varnish to preserve.

ORNAMENT DOUGH

Steps:

• Slowly add water to flour. Mix in salt and optional ingredients.
• Knead with hands about 3 minutes.
• Roll out dough 1/2 to 1 inch thick depending on your craft project in mind.
• Cut out whatever shapes you want. Bake 300°F for 25 minutes on each side, or until hardened. Be sure to punch a tiny hole at the top of ornament before baking.
• When time is up, let cool at room temperature, then decorate with paints, glitters, etc.

ORNAMENT DOUGH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Combine the flour, salt and water; mix well and knead for 10 minutes. Roll out on a lightly floured surface.
• Cut into desired shapes and make holes for hanging. Bake for 30 minutes; allow to cool.
• Decorate with poster paints or tube paints. Allow to dry and spray with clear polyurethane on both sides to preserve. Use ribbon or yarn pieces to hang.

BREAD DOUGH ORNAMENTS

Steps:

• 1. NOT EDIBLE Package of paint brushes Preheat oven to 275* Ungreased cookie sheet, garlic press, toothpicks, straws, butter knife, cookie cutter shapes, icing bag and tips, and a bowl of water...Lots of patients and an imagination....
• 2. Mix flour and salt together in a bowl, gradually add water to mixture, stir with wooden spoon till ball forms place ball of dough on floured board or pastry sheet, knead for 10 minutes, till dough is not tacky any more....
• 3. Roll dough out to a little less than 1/4 inch...dip cutters into flour before cutting...If doing a sheep like I have here it is free hand, One ball size of super ball for the body and the head is the size of small cotton ball to stick them together dampen your finger and rubber in on one end and attach together by using a bit of pressure, so that they meld....the ears will be from small pieces of dough and dampen fingers and repeat the attachment..The legs are done the same, the wool you will rub a little bit of water on the top of the lamb and use the garlic press to squeeze the dough through and cut off with a knife as you go...use the straws and toothpicks to make indentations in the dough for a nose and such....
• 4. Before baking use toothpicks to make hole in the top for ribbon hangers or use hot glue to attach wire hangers after baking... For colored dough add a little food coloring to some of the dough or just use acrylic paint after you have baked them and let them cool...Don't use too much water because the dough will not adhere to the other and will become useless...
• 5. Decorate as you wish...Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes at 275*
• 6. You can use acrylic paints and varnish for the sheen...Use your imagination