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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.
This Large Santa Face Cookie Cutter is a favorite of Eloise in Yorba Linda California. You can see that she makes lots of Santa Cookies during the Christmas Season. She also gets lots of compliments on their looks as well as their taste. These Santa's have red sugar hats and full coconut beards.
Yum Yum !
This Page is for you to enjoy and to contribute to. Cookie Cutters are used for many other things besides their main purpose of making wonderful, tasty and festive cookies. Many people use them as Christmas Tree Ornaments. The ones with eyelets or tiny holes in the top are especially made to hang and an added bonus to your cookie cutter. There is a recipe on this page to make dough ornaments to decorate with at Christmas and other Holidays. You can make wind chimes and party prizes. The deeper ones are wonderful to cut out play dough for your little artists. You are welcome to share your ideas and projects with pictures that you use your cookie cutters for. If you want to share a favorite recipe be sure it is not copyrighted or get permission to share it. Your original recipes will be posted with your first name and surname initial. Just send me a email. I will reply and then post your information on this page.
