Non Edible Cinnamon 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.

EDIBLE COOKIE DOUGH

Steps:

• Beat the butter and sugar together, preferably in a mixer. Add the vanilla, ½ tsp salt and the flour, then mix until it looks like breadcrumbs. Keep mixing as you add the milk until it comes together to form a dough. Eat as it is or try one of these flavourings:
• Salted caramel dough: Add 1 tbsp dulce de leche, ½ tsp salt and a handful of dark chocolate chips to the dough and mix well.
• S'more cookie dough: Add 1 tbsp chocolate hazelnut spread, 2 crumbled digestive biscuits, and some mini marshmallows.
• Apple & cinnamon dough: Add some little chunks of dried apple and a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar (1 tsp cinnamon mixed with 1 tbsp soft brown sugar).
• Peanut heaven dough: Add 1 tbsp peanut butter and a handful of sugar-coated chocolate peanuts.

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.