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Date: 10-07-32 (20 19)             Number: 365
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Subj: Christmas ornaments for k      Conf: (37) Home Cooki
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CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENTS

1 cup cornstarch
2 cups baking soda
1 1/4 cups cold water

Mix and cook over medium heat stirring constantly about 4 minutes
or til mixture thickens into a moist mashed potato-like consistency.
Cover with a cloth while it cools enough to knead it.

Roll out dough and cut into shapes using a straw to put a hole in
the top for a ribbon to hang on the Christmas tree.

Dry 24 hours. Paint with tempera paints.


Title: Cinnamon Ornaments
Those sweet-smelling things that you hang on your rear-view
mirror can be made at home for pennies, and you can make some for
your Christmas tree as well.

No baking and simple for kids.

Mix 3/4 - 1 cup applesauce with 1 4.12 oz bottle ground Cinnamon to
form a stiff dough. Roll out to 1/4 in. thickness. Cut with cookie
cutters. Make hole for ribbon.  Carefully put on rack to dry. Let
air dry several days, turning occasionally. Makes 12 sweet-smelling
ornaments.



Title: Spicy Christmas Ornaments
1 c applesauce
4 oz ground cinnamon
1 oz ground cloves
1 oz ground nutmeg
1 oz ground ginger

(1 oz = 1/8 c = 2 Tbs; 4 oz = 8 Tbs = 1/2 c.)

Combine everything and blend with your hands until dough is smooth.  Add
more applesauce if necessary.  Divide dough into quarters.

Sprinkle counter with cinnamon and roll out portion of dough to 1/4"
thick.  Cut with cookie cutters and transfer to cookie sheet.  Pierce
with skewer to form hole for hanging.

Turn ornaments every 12 hours and examine until they are dry.  This
takes 3 to 5 days.

When the ornaments lose their scent, dab on oil of cinnamon.

Note:  Roll out dough on aluminum foil and move the foil onto the cookie
     sheet.  It will help the ornaments keep their shape.

Note:  You can alter the amounts as long as you use about 7 oz ground
     spices to 1 c applesauce.


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