Making Ornaments...

Today, we made cinnamon salt dough ornaments and they turned out soooooo cute! Scroll down for the recipe that I used.

Blaze made the most perfect

 faceless gingerbread man!

It's my favorite!

The dough needs to be about 1/4 inch thick.

I baked them on 250 for about 90+ 

minutes or until they were hard 

(They will harden more as they cool).

If they start turning white just spray

 or rub them with vegetable oil.

We wanted them brown to look 

like real gingerbread men.

Once you make up your mixture of plain flour, salt, and cinnamon, mix it all together and then scoop out about 1/4 of a cup to use for coating the roller and your hands to keep the dough from sticking to you. Then, add the water slowly until you form a firm ball of dough. Next, roll the dough on a powdered surface until the dough is about 1/4 of an inch thick. Once you've cute out all of your shapes. Roll the dough back up into a ball and start over making more ornaments. 

My kids played for hours with the left over dough. 

The recipe that I used...it was so easy!

Cinnamon Salt Dough Ornaments

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour

1 cup ground Cinnamon powder

1 cup salt

1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cup water

Bake at 250 for about 90+ minutes

Use a toothpick to make a hole for your ribbon( before baking). You can also add peppercorns for eyes and buttons (add before baking). You can also paint add glitter or whatever you like. We wanted a rustic realistic look.