Favorite Recipes

Caution: This recipe involves cooking!  Be sure to let playdough cool before handling.
This is our favorite recipe.  It smells good, has a great consistency and lasts a long time!

Colored & Scented Playdough

• 2 Cups water
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 pkt. Kool-Aid Unsweetened
• 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 Cups sifted flour
• 2 Tablespoons alum

Directions

1. Combine salt and water in saucepan and boil until salt dissolves.
2. Remove from heat and tint with food coloring, tempera powder or Kool-Aid
3. Add oil, flour and alum.
4. Knead until smooth
5. Store in an air-tight container or plastic bag.  Playdough will last for 2-months or longer.

• 1 Cup Flour
• 1/2 Cup Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Cream of Tartar

Mix in small bowl:

• 1 Cup Water
• 5 Drops Food Coloring
• 1 Tablespoon Oil

Pour liquid into dry ingredients.  Cook over medium heat, stirring until thickened.  Knead dough for 2-3 minutes on a clean countertop sprinkled with flour. Store in a container with tight fitting lid. *Electric frying pan works well!