[Sca-cooks] Salt Dough

[Martha Sieting]

Devra,

There are many, many salt dough recipes on the web.  A google search will turn up more options than you can wave a cookie cutter at.

http://www.giftideacenter.com/Holiday/Christmas/dough_ornaments.php

I used to make and paint dough ornaments as a kid - there are a wide variety of spray finishes you can get that will give a shiny result and take less time than either nail polish or brush-on shellac.

Best,

-Helena

> I just bought some cute (if gigantic) cookie cutters that you can 
> personalize with imprinted letters as you press them out.  I'd like 
> to use them for site tokens at our event in Feb (Eat Yuor Heart Out) 
> which focuses on food.  I thought salt dough, with a hole for a 
> ribbon, covered with shellac or nail polish.
>
> Got a nice recipe for salt dough? (I've never made it, despite 37 
> years as a children's librarian.) Or would I do just as well using 
> playdough, sculpy, or fimo?
>
> Devra