Recipe - Designs You Knead For Special Occasions

BASIC RECIPE
2 cup Flour
1 cup Salt
1 cup Cold water

Combine ingredients and knead to a mediumstiff, smooth dough. To add
color, work drops of food coloring until the desired shade is achieved.
Store any unused dough in plastic bags in the refrigerator for the next
projects. Roll out dough to One fourth inch thick and use cookie cutters for
designs. Bake designs in warm oven (350) for 12 hours or until hard to the
touch. Melt paraffin, in bowl placed in a pan of boiling water. Using
slotted spatula or spoon, dip each design into the melted paraffin.
Transfer to wire rack or newspaper.

IDEAS: Dough pressed through a garlic press makes grass, noodles.

Rolling strings of various colored dough together, then following flat
gives a multicolored marbled effect.

Wrapping a firm ball of aluminum foil with dough gives a firm base for a
ball, pumpkin, jackolantern.

Acrylic paints can be used for decorating.

10 inch bamboo skewers are great for plant ornaments.

busted by sooz

Recipe by: Key Gourmet

Posted to recipeludigest by sooz kirkland@gj.net on Mar 20, 1998