Cinnamon Ornaments Dough Food

EASY HOMEMADE CINNAMON ORNAMENTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F. Mix applesauce and cinnamon in small bowl until a smooth ball of dough is formed. (You may need use your hands to incorporate all of the cinnamon.) Using about 1/4 of the dough at a time, roll dough to 1/4-inch to 1/3-inch thickness between two sheets of plastic wrap. Peel off top sheet of plastic wrap. Cut dough into desired shapes with 2- to 3-inch cookie cutters. Make a hole at top of ornament with drinking straw or skewer. Place ornaments on baking sheet.
• Bake 2 1/2 hours. Cool ornaments on wire rack. (Or, to dry ornaments at room temperature, carefully place them on wire rack. Let stand 1 to 2 days or until thoroughly dry, turning occasionally.)
• Insert ribbon through holes and tie to hang. Decorate with opaque paint markers, found in arts and crafts stores, if desired.

SCENTED APPLESAUCE-CINNAMON ORNAMENTS

Steps:

• Mix applesauce and cinnamon together until it is thick enough to hold a form when cut into cookie cutter shapes. Flatten the mixture on a flat surface and cut into cookie cutter shapes.
• Place cookie shapes on a cookie sheet to dry for 3 to 4 days depending on the size and thickness of the cookies. If using as a hanging ornament, make hole with toothpick before drying.

NON-EDIBLE CINNAMON ORNAMENTS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Mix in the applesauce and glue. Work the mixture with your hands 2 to 3 minutes to form a ball. If mixture is too wet, add more cinnamon. If mixture is too dry, add more applesauce.
• Lightly dust a clean surface with cinnamon. Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters, and use a toothpick to make a hole at the top for hanging with a ribbon.
• Dry in a slow oven 200 degrees F (100 degrees C) for several hours, or air dry in a sunny spot for 4 or 5 days. When dry, decorate with gingham and/ or ribbon.

CINNAMON ORNAMENTS DOUGH

Steps:

• For decorating: Tulip puffy fabric paint in matte white, white acrylic paint, white glue, beads or glitter, cookie cutters.
• Pour cinnamon in a bowl and gradually add applesauce and stir until mixture forms a stiff dough.
• Using extra cinnamon as "flour" roll out the dough to 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut out shapes with cookie cutters.
• Using a straw or skewer punch a hole at the top of the ornament.
• Bake at 200°F on a parchment lined baking pan.
• Until ornaments are very dry and very hard.
• Allow to cool to room temperature.
• The Tulip paint looks exactly like Royal icing so you can make inedible"cookies" to decorate your tree with (like those big Martha Stewart ones).
• They last a very long time and do not attract insects.
• If you use a cookie cutter that will imprint a design on your "cookies" you can use a dry paint brush with white acrylic paint to give your "cookies" a powdered sugar look.
• Or you can decorate your ornaments with beads and glitter to add sparkle to your holiday.
• Bottom line: they are easy and inexpensive to make, plus they smell GREAT!

HOW TO MAKE CINNAMON ORNAMENTS

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Add applesauce and glue; stir to combine. Work mixture with hands for 2 to 3 minutes or until dough is smooth and ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Divide dough into 4 portions. Roll out each portion to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut dough with 2-inch cookie cutters of desired shapes.
• Using drinking straw or toothpick, make small hole in top of each ornament. Place cutouts on wire racks; allow to dry at room temperature for several days.** Insert ribbon through hole in each ornament; tie with knot or bow. DO NOT EAT.

NON FOOD CINNAMON ORNAMENTS

Steps:

• Mix in a bowl the cinnamon and cloves.
• Add to this applesauce, oil and the glue.
• Knead this mixture for a few minutes til you have a firm but pliable dough.
• Too wet, add more cinnamon--too dry, add more applesauce.
• Roll the dough out on a surface dusted with cinnamon, 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut out shapes with cookie cutters [x-mas tree, hearts, stars, etc].
• Make a hole in the top with a wooden or metal skewer, this must be large enough for ribbon if you want them for hanging.
• Air dry them for several days on paper kitchen towel, turning them over several times so they don't warp.
• Impatient?.
• A low oven [200°F] for a few hours will also do the trick, don't forget to turn them over.
• When dry, decorate with a ribbon.
• You can also use shallow plaster, cookie and candy molds, press the dough in the cavity, smooth with a rolling pin, ease out of the mold and cut away the excess dough.
• Or roll out the dough, place a piece of decorative lace on the top, using the rolling pin go over it until it has left an impression of the lace, then cut out using the cookie cutters.
• You also get a nice result using cookie stamps.