HOMEMADE SALT DOUGH DECORATIONS

Creative and Christmassy

BBC Goodfood Recipe by Emily Kerrigam

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/salt-dough-christmas-decorations

SERVES: 1 Ball

APPLIANCE: Oven

COOKING TIME: 3 Hours (10mins prep)

DIFFICULTY: Simple

 

Ingredients

  • 1 cupful of plain flour (about 250g)

  • half a cupful of table salt (about 125g)

  • half a cupful of water (about 125ml)

 

Method - Making the Dough

  1. Preheat the oven to its lowest setting and line a baking sheet with baking parchment.

  2. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Add the water and stir until it comes together into a ball.

  3. Roll the salt dough out onto a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of about 5mm.

  4. Use biscuit cutters to cut shapes from the dough.

  5. Press the tip of a piping nozzle into the top of each shape to make a neat hole. If you don’t have a piping nozzle, you can use a sharp pencil to poke a hole through the dough. Choose the position carefully – the hole needs to be near the top of the design, but not so close to the edge that it breaks.

  6. Set your oven to its lowest heat. Put your shapes on a lined baking sheet and bake for 3 hrs, or until solid. Leave to cool completely.

  7. Once cool, paint and decorate as you like. We found that acrylic paint works best, but you could also colour them with felt-tip pens, glitter or festive stickers. Leave to dry. To finish, loop the ribbon through the hole and tie it at the top, ready to hang on the tree.