Knowing that our topic for the next 5 weeks is around the story The Gingerbread Man one of my brilliant mums turned up this morning with Gingerbread Playdough!!! It was amazing. It smelled so nice - well I thought so anyway. Some of the children weren't so sure. Great for all ages I just explained that we couldn't eat it so today we made gingerbread shapes and put them onto a baking tray and decorated them with buttons.
Recipe for Gingerbread Playdough
1 cup plain purpose flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cloves
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup water
1 tsp orange extract {optional}
In a medium saucepan mix together dry ingredients. Next mix in the water, oil, and orange extract and stir until a thick batter is formed. Cook the mixture over low/medium heat until a thick dough forms. Turn out onto parchment paper and knead until smooth. Makes about 2 cups of dough.
I got this recipe from
http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2011/12/gingerbread-playdough/