We made these lovely Cinnamon Ornaments the past week and finally finished them! Some are already on our tree and others are awaiting friends and relatives' trees. I've made these Cinnamon ornamnents the past few years and finally have found my favorite recipe (through trial and error) for them here at allrecipes.com . To make them all you'll need is:
1 cup of
ground cinnamon
1 Tablespoon of ground cloves
1 Tablespoon of nutmeg
3/4 cup applesauce
2 Tablespoons white glue
Stir together together the cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Then mix in the applesauce and glue.
Work the mixture with your hands to form a ball. If mixture is too wet, add more cinnamon. If the mixture is too dry, add more applesauce.
Use the cinnamon like flour and dust the surface with cinnamon. Roll out to a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters.
Place a hole at the top of each shape so a ribbon can be added to hang the ornament later. We used a straw, but you could also use a toothpick or stick. You could let them dry for 4 or 5 days (yikes!) I'm IMPATIENT, so I dried them in a oven set at 200 degrees F (100 degrees C) for 2 hours. It makes your house smell WONDERFUL! (almost like Apple Pie!)
When they were dry, we designed them with metallic markers
!!! C really enjoyed designing them and happily did them all in one sitting! I did some too!
Here are some beauties! I think they look Awesome! C helped with attaching the ribbons too! We had quite an assembly line going here!
Now we have some great gifts to give!
More Christmas ornament and gift ideas are on there way, so stay tuned!
You are such fun and artistic and a great teacher, wonderful
ReplyDeleteI love these! I went out and bought a big jar of apple sauce just for this and still haven't given it a go!! I better get on the ball huh:)
ReplyDeleteOhhh these look so much fun to make - here's a question - what do you mean by apple sauce (it's US thing the only apple sauce I can think of in the UK shops is for use with pork and it's all lumpy!)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! I bet they smell wonderful, too. I always wonder about shelf life on recipes that contain food, how long do they keep?
ReplyDelete~Aleacia
Lovely!! A nice twist on the usual salt dough. YUM!
ReplyDeleteOoh I bet they smell wonderful. Great idea to use the metallic markers.
ReplyDeleteI can almost smell it through the computer! :) Thanks for stopping by Reading Confetti!
ReplyDeleteawesome! maybe we can make these w/ grandma next week! love the look of the metallic markers!
ReplyDeleteOh, I have been wanting to try making scented ornaments, and you have given me the motivation to make them this year with your lovely ornaments!!
ReplyDeletePerfect idea for a rainy day indoors like today - I want to bake and warm up the house, but I am not in the mood for baking food. This looks like it will smell lovely and give Jane an activity for the afternoon!
ReplyDeleteCerys - it's the same applesauce (i.e. mushy cooked apples and sometimes sugar) only you need to puree it rather than having the apples be chunky, as you'd serve with pork. An easy way to do this is to microwave sliced apples with a few spoonfuls of water until they are very soft and then mash them with a potato masher. You want the consistency to be quite smooth, not chunky. It's basically apple puree that you want.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the input Heidi! and Aleacia my 20 year old nephew made these for me when he was 7 or 8 and they still hang on my X-mas tree!
ReplyDeletemmmm. a friend was telling me about making applesauce ornaments, and this must be what she was talking about! lovely! i think we're done making ornaments this year, but next year these will be first on my list!
ReplyDeleteGood to know, thanks Melissa!
ReplyDeleteMelissa,
ReplyDeleteI think these would be absolutely wonderful to make, and give as well.
Thanks so much for all these good ideas!!!
Brenda
C brought one home from preschool today it smells so good on the tree. We're planning to make more this week with your recipe. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI so wish I could smell them through my computer. They look nice too. I am pinning your post to try your recipe next time we try this. My recipe last time didn't turn out so great. I also like the idea of using the metallic markers. Great idea! Thanks for sharing at Monday Madness.
ReplyDeleteI'm doing this with my girls tomorrow! We're going to try white out pens to decorate with as well as the metallic markers. We'll see how it works!
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