Wednesday, April 22, 2009

basic playdough

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 cups water
1 cup salt
4 T cream of tartar
2 t vegetable oil
food coloring

Directions:
Mix flour, water, salt, cream of tartar and oil in saucepan.  Add foloring to mixture
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat when dough forms a ball.
Cool 5 minutes before using.  

Scent the dough according to season - banana extract, nutmeg, lemon extract, vanilla, pumpkin pie or spearmint extract. 

1 comment:

Carri said...

my kids love making playdough! instead of food coloring, we put a packet of unsweetened koolaid in ours to add color--and scent. :)