Ingredients
- 1 cup salt
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup water
Step 1 - bake and make
- Mix together the ingredients forming a dough - as if you would bread.
- Roll out the dough until it is approximately 2mm thick or as desired. My recommendations are any thicker they will take longer to bake and any thinner they will be more brittle once complete.
- Use an assortment of cutters, stamps, presses or anything else you can get your hands on to create the design. For example, cookie cutters, cake decorations, leaves from the garden etc. The more creative the better!
- If you are planning on hanging your decorations make sure you add a hole, using a cocktail stick, straw or pen. Remember the hole will close over slightly during the cooking process, reducing in size.
- Place your decorations on to a grease proof paper covered baking tray.
- Cook in the oven for 3-6 hours on a low temp. Approx 60 degrees c. I found that they cooked a lot longer than I was expecting but I wanted to ensure they were truly hard. Check on them regularly and don't allow them to burn.
I had read a couple of blogs about microwaving for 3mins. This didn't work for me! Mine didn't even last 30seconds! Here's the results...
They bubbled and burnt - even if painted these wouldn't work as they are brittle. I'm glad I tried it though, as let's face it who doesn't want to speed up 6hours!
- Once cooked leave out to cool on a cooling rack or switch the oven off and leave them in there to cool.
The results: 
Step 2 - decoration
Coming soon...
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