Playdough Recipes Emily's Fantastic No Cook Playdough Recipe When they are cool you can smooth them with fine sandpaper before decorating and varnishing. You need a low oven temperature - about 250 degrees F or 120 degrees C. This clay bakes best if the ornaments are not too thick - about 1/2 inch is best.īake your ornaments on an ungreased baking tray for 30 mins, then turn and bake them for another 90 minutes until they are hard and dry (keep an eye on them so they don't burn). Dust a work surface with cornstarch and knead until pliable. Turn out onto a plate and cover with a damp, well-wrung kitchen towel - let cool. Stir out any lumps and cook until it is the consistency of mashed potatoes. Set the pan over a medium heat and stir until boiling.
Place ingredients in a pan and stir until smooth. When you have made your model, leave it to air dry - turning every 12 hours or so. (makes about 2 pounds - the recipe can be halved).īaking soda and cornstarch make a smooth, pliable play clay that can be colored with everyday food coloring - or left white and painted once it hardens. You can find in the the store with the baking ingredients (usually with the baking powder and bicarb).
The cream of tartar in the recipes is optional, but it does help with the elasticity.
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Feel free to experiment and develop your own recipes.If mold develops - it's time for a new batch! It should keep for a couple of months but homemade clay doesn't have the preservatives of shop bought stuff. Store in an airtight container and keep in a cool place.This will give you more of a marbled effect effect at first, but the color will spread as you keep kneading it in. If you would like different colored batches then make up the dough first, divide into portions and knead in the colors separately. If you are happy for all the dough to be the same color then just add the coloring to the water before you mix the ingredients. If you want colored clay you can add food coloring or tempera paint.You may need to adjust the water quantities if you use bread flour. I think bread flour has a higher gluten content which helps to make the dough hold together well. Most of the recipes call for all purpose or plain flour but I have had good results with bread flour.To flakey and dry? Add a little more water. If the results are too sticky, add more flour. Keep mixing and then adding a little more liquid until you get a nice firm clay. Measure out your ingredients carefully - then slowly add the liquid to the dry ingredients. So use the ingredients as a place to start rather than expecting things to be exact.
We all have slightly different ways of measuring things, different flours absorb at different rates, and even things like humidity can effect your recipe.
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Here are some tips on how to make clay that will help you get the best results. If you are new to making playdough, then there is a little more to it than just throwing all the ingredients into a bowl and mixing! Oil or cream of tartar is added to help with elasticity - and salt is usually used to help preserve the clay (and stop it going moldy). Modelling clay can be made from a number of ingredients (see Wikipedia) but at home it is usually made from flour and water.
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