How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments with Cinnamon
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Salt dough ornaments are easy to make, and I added a few new ingredients to the basic salt dough recipe I’ve made in the past. In this article, you will find a salt dough ornaments recipe made with cinnamon and maple ginger tea.
Every year I make a new set of homemade ornaments. We were snowed in over the weekend and I found all of these ingredients in my pantry. I added cinnamon & maple ginger tea to the salt dough recipe and the ornaments have the most amazing smell! You could easily decorate them with paint, but I chose to keep these simple.
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Cinnamon & Maple Ginger Salt Dough Ornaments Recipe
Supplies
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tablespoons cinnamon
3/4 cup warm maple ginger tea
Cookie cutters (similar to this vintage star and a mason jar lid)
Straw
1 cup warm maple ginger tea
Thin ribbon or twine
Directions
Mix salt, flour, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Microwave 3/4 cup water until hot, then steep a maple ginger tea bag in hot water for 5 minutes. Pour the tea into the flour mixture and stir. Cool dough for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin. If dough is sticky add extra flour until it’s workable. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of dough (I cut 12 ornaments from the dough). Use a straw to make a hole at the top of each ornament. Gently transfer ornaments to a floured cookie sheet.
Bake for 1 hour, then gently flip the ornaments and bake for an additional hour. After the ornaments are finished baking, steep a cup of hot water with 2 maple ginger tea bags. Use a paintbrush to coat the finished side of the ornaments with tea. This brings out the brown color and makes them smell amazing! Dry for 15 minutes, then string with thin ribbon or twine.
1. Mix 1/2 cup salt and 1 cup flour
2. Stir in 2 tablespoons cinnamon to dry flour/salt mixture
3. Microwave 3/4 cup water until hot, then steep a maple ginger tea bag in hot water for 5 minutes. Pour the tea into the flour mixture and stir
4. Cool dough for 15 minutes in the refrigerator, then roll it out on a floured surface with a rolling pin
If dough is sticky add extra flour until it is workable.
5. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of dough. I cut 12 ornaments from the dough
6. Use a straw to make a hole at the top of each ornament
Tip: If the dough loses shape when you transfer it to a cookie sheet, use a spatula to carefully scoop the ornament onto a floured cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 1 hour at 200 degrees F, then gently flip the ornaments and bake for an additional hour. Total baking time: 2 hours.
8. After baking the ornaments, steep a cup of hot water with 2 maple ginger tea bags. Use a small brush to coat the finished side of the ornaments with tea.
This step brings out the brown color and adds to their amazing smell!
9. Air dry for 15 minutes, then string with thin ribbon or twine. Hang and enjoy!
These ornaments are such a fun twist to traditional salt dough ornaments. The cinnamon and maple ginger tea add a fun seasonal smell and rustic brown color. Leave them simple and string them with ribbon, or paint them!
Cinnamon salt dough is a fun afternoon project and all the ingredients can be found in the pantry. If you don’t have maple ginger tea on hand, try using a cinnamon apple tea or winter tea blend. Check out more ornament ideas here.
Let me know if you decide to make these ornaments! They are such a fun holiday tradition and you can reuse them each year! Just be sure to wrap them in a little tissue before storing them for the year.
How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments with Cinnamon
These salt dough ornaments are made with cinnamon and maple ginger tea which makes them have an amazing aroma that adds a little extra flare to the christmas tree.
Materials
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 3/4 cup warm maple ginger tea
- Cookie cutters
- Rolling pin
- Straw
- 1 cup warm maple ginger tea
- Thin ribbon or twine
Instructions
1. Mix 1/2 Cup Salt And 1 Cup Flour Together.
2. Stir in 2 tablespoons cinnamon to dry flour/salt mixture.
3. Microwave 3/4 cup water until hot, then steep a maple ginger tea bag in hot water for 5 minutes. Pour tea into flour mixture and stir.
4. Cool dough for 15 minutes in refrigerator, then roll out on floured surface with a rolling pin.
5. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of dough.
6. Use a straw to make a hole at the top of each ornament.
7. Bake for 1 hour at 200 degrees F, then gently flip ornaments and bake an additional hour. Total baking time: 2 hours.
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I LOVE this idea!!! Will make these this year. Where did you get your beautiful ribbon?
Awesome!! They are so fun to make and smell fantastic. I got the ribbon from Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/643399904/golden-tan-velvet-ribbon-whole-spool