Gingerbread Ornaments
Gingerbread salt dough ornaments are a fun tradition you can start this year with your kids. These easy to make Christmas salt dough ornaments are made with simple ingredients and perfect for a holiday activity!
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup salt
- 2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 ½ cup water
- ½ cup sugar for decorating optional
- 1 tablespoon olive oil for shine optional
Supplies
- Writing paint or White Glue
- Hand mixer
- Whisk
- Large bowl
- Rolling pin
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Scissors
- Ribbon or Twine
- Straw or Toothpick
- Gingerbread Man cookie cutter
- Basting brush
- Icing bag for glue or writing paint optional
- Edible spray glitter optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
- Put all dry ingredients into a large bowl and mix with a whisk.
- Next use the hand mixer and slowly pour in the water until the dough is formed.
- Place parchment paper down on countertop to roll out dough. To avoid white spots on dough, do not add flour to your surface.
- Roll dough ⅛ inch thick. Using a rolling pin with thickness rings can help guide you with this. If you make the dough thicker, then the ornaments will puff up and not be flat. Use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to cut out the shapes.
- Then place the straw or toothpick at the top of the ornament in the middle of the head to make a hole for the ribbon or twine.
- Place parchment paper on the baking sheet and then place the ornaments on top spacing them evenly apart.
- Next, put the baking sheet in the oven for 2 ½ to 3 hours until the ornaments are hard and dry. If you turn the temperature up higher, they with puff up and not be flat and if you take them out sooner, they won’t be as hard.
- Let the ornaments cool completely before decorating.
- If you want the ornaments to have a shine, then coat each ornament with olive oil or any cooking oil you might have. Use a basting brush or a small paint brush to apply the oil. Wipe off any extra oil as needed. If you want to keep the rustic look then leave the olive oil off.
- Pour writing paint into an icing bag and cut off a very small tip at the tip of the bag. This will allow you to make thinner lines with the writing paint. This step is optional. Leave in bottle if you do not want to do this step.
- Decorate as shown above using writing paint, sugar, and edible glitter spray or any way you would like. Enjoy and have fun.
- Let dry completely before hanging ornaments.
Notes
- let cool completely before decorating
- let dry completely before stringing them or decorating with them
- store in a hard box in a dry place
