I finally found a homemade playdough recipe that I love! I've tried several, and you're probably thinking, she's never posted anything about homemade playdough. And you're right, I haven't. Because I didn't like any of them. Some come out gooey, no matter what, some are grainy, some smell gross, some go bad in a few days, but this one meets all my requirements. I love the feel of it, the scent, and it's super easy. When I showed it to the Hubby, his response was,
"Hey, that actually looks like Play-Doh."
If you don't want to follow the links, the ingredients and instructions are at the bottom of this post.
Whenever a recipe calls for oil, I generally use Olive Oil. Unless it very expressly states to use a specific type. I had bought Walnut Oil for a food recipe, and this big bottle is all they had. So I used it for this, thinking that perhaps it would add a pleasing nutty aroma. Honestly, I can't tell.It has to sit after you cook it on stove. I didn't think to take a picture of the concotion while it was on the stovetop-the instructions say stir constantly, so I was too busy for it anyway.
Once there was enough for everyone, I lost my helpers. Ahh, well, that's okay, I understand. I really enjoy this stuff-very nice to mold and smash.
The orginal recipe made a pound, but I halved it, since I didn't know if I would like it or not. I'll save you the trouble and give you both sets of measurements.
To make one pound-
1.5 cups of flour
1/3 cup of salt
2 teaspoons cream of tarter
1.5 cups water
1.5 tablespoons oil
Food Coloring
To make 1/2 a pound
3/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons & 1.5 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cream of tarter
3/4 cup water
4 teaspoons oil
Food Coloring
Mix dry ingredients in stove-top pan. Add wet ingredients, including food coloring, if you want. Cook over medium heat, sitrring constantly until thick. It takes about 5 minutes for it to turn into a single mass, the longer you cook it, the more solid and less sticky it will be when you take it out of the pan.
Set dough on plate/countertop/whatever and let it cool for 3 minutes. Knead it into a ball. If it's to sticky, add flour and cook a little longer next time.
You can get really organic with this if you use natural food dyes, which I didn't b/c I didn't want to take the time and effort. Remeber that it takes 3-4 times as much red dye to make anything truely red and not pink.
Happy Thoughts Everyone!