Ingredients
3 cups flour
1 cup table salt
310ml water
1 1/4 cups
1 tbsp glycerine
Allergy Advice
Contains Gluten
Equipment
- 1 Mixing bowl
- 1 Baking tray
- 1 Foil or baking paper
- 1 Oven
- 1 Cookie cutters (optional)
- 1 Paint brushes
- 1 Poster paints
- 1 Varnish
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together and knead until the dough is elastic.
- Pre-heat oven to 150°C conventional or 130°C fan-forced.
- Line baking tray with foil or baking paper and lay play dough shapes on it.
- Bake the shapes. Thin objects will take about 1 1/2 hours to bake with thicker models taking longer. If the object is beginning to brown, turn down the oven temperature.
- Once the play dough has cooled, paint them with poster paints and add a final coat of varnish.
Notes
Tip
Knead the dough on a plastic board to avoid staining wooden surfaces if using food coloring.
Tip
Use a straw to make holes for hanging decorations before baking.
Variation
Add food coloring to the dough before shaping and baking.
Variation
Use cookie cutters to create specific shapes.
Storage
Once varnished, the salt dough creations can be kept indefinitely in a dry environment.
