Play Dough
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
4 tsp cream of tartar
2 tbsp oil
2 cups water
food colouring
Mix together dry ingredients in large saucepan. Add the oil and mix to combine.
In measuring cup, combine food colouring and water. Stir into dry ingredients.
Cook on low heat for 3-5 minutes, stirring, until it thickens to play dough consistency.
Remove from heat onto floured board and knead.
Store in a covered container or ziplock bag.
Makes one big ball of play dough.
Grace requested I make play dough with sparkles in it. I decided not to, because, having never made it before, I didn't want to mess with the recipe the first time. I think sparkles would work though: I would add them to the water mixture. This would, however, make it inadvisable to eat the play dough.
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Mix dry ingredients in large pot. |
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Mix food colouring with water. I had no idea how much food colouring to use so I just kept squirting until the water was so dark blue it was almost black. |
Turns out lots of food colouring is good, because it really lightens up once all the ingredients are mixed together. Cook on stovetop. This part gets really tiring for the arm. |
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It was completely unintentional that Olivia's dress and the play dough matched. Olivia is dressed like it is 30° outside, not the middle of the coldest, snowiest March since the year she was born. |
Super cute face there O.
ReplyDeleteHow long does it last? Two weeks?
No idea! Will have to make again for home use to figure that out.
ReplyDeleteI recal making this when I was a kid, but old enough to do at least a big part of the process myself (8? 10?) I know the taste of which you speak, I remember. I also recall that it did not last very long. But, the process may have improved since 1979. Maybe.
ReplyDelete1979. What a great year.
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