My Favorite Play-Doh Recipe
Imagine for a moment...a dough containing ingredients you are familiar with. A dough that takes forever to dry out and is easier to clean up than a popular commercial brand.
Seriously, I've tried my hand at a number of dough recipes ...and I'm not the "leave well enough alone" kinda girl, so I had to tweak it. You don't have to tweak it to my standard, but I also added a few drops of essential oils and even ground the salt in our Magic Bullet before hand to make it a less grainy product. Don't get me wrong, you can avoid these steps all together and get a great dough, but I had to experiment. You can also divide the mixture into several pans and make different colors.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/3 cup salt
1 cup of water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Optional:
Food Coloring : We use a a few drops, but you can make the color as intense as you would like.
Essential Oils: We used 3-4 drops of Lavender
In a 2 quart sauce pan, combine the ingredients above. The mixture should be smooth with a few lumps, so don't worry. You can get the lumps out during the kneading process at the end or when you form it into a ball.
Heat the mixture on low to medium and continue to stir.
The mixture will start to get sticky and lumpy. Continue to stir, removing the thicker parts of the mixture from the bottom and rotate to the the top.
Once the mixture thickens it will start to release from the bottom of the pan when you lift it out with a spoon. When it's evenly thickened, remove the dough from the pan and place it on a heat safe surface to cool. Once it is cool to the touch, try your hand at kneading it!
This recipe is great for tactile learners like I have and it makes the house smell great.
Seriously, I've tried my hand at a number of dough recipes ...and I'm not the "leave well enough alone" kinda girl, so I had to tweak it. You don't have to tweak it to my standard, but I also added a few drops of essential oils and even ground the salt in our Magic Bullet before hand to make it a less grainy product. Don't get me wrong, you can avoid these steps all together and get a great dough, but I had to experiment. You can also divide the mixture into several pans and make different colors.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/3 cup salt
1 cup of water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Optional:
Food Coloring : We use a a few drops, but you can make the color as intense as you would like.
Essential Oils: We used 3-4 drops of Lavender
In a 2 quart sauce pan, combine the ingredients above. The mixture should be smooth with a few lumps, so don't worry. You can get the lumps out during the kneading process at the end or when you form it into a ball.
Heat the mixture on low to medium and continue to stir.
The mixture will start to get sticky and lumpy. Continue to stir, removing the thicker parts of the mixture from the bottom and rotate to the the top.
Once the mixture thickens it will start to release from the bottom of the pan when you lift it out with a spoon. When it's evenly thickened, remove the dough from the pan and place it on a heat safe surface to cool. Once it is cool to the touch, try your hand at kneading it!
This recipe is great for tactile learners like I have and it makes the house smell great.