Yesterday I went to do play dough with my kids and found that most of our dough was bad. I usually like making a recipe that uses cream of tartar. It's a great recipe but I don't always have it on hand. I decided to check my MOMYS cookbook that was put together by a bunch of moms of many young kids. I found a recipe that works just fine with basic ingredients without any cooking or cream of tartar! Here's the recipe.
Mix together 3 cups flour, 1/2 cup salt and 3 T oil. Add water slowly while mixing to get it the right consistency. When I did this, it seemed to be getting too sticky as I was getting more water in so instead of continuing to add lots more water in it I added more oil so it wouldn't stick so much so I can't give you the exact amount of oil versus water that I used. Basically you just keep mixing all that together and add food coloring to make your colors and eventually I got it to the right consistency and it worked great. It did seem to get better the longer it was kneaded and worked. Definitely keep adding more oil or water or both until it's soft enough. Hope that makes sense and works!
I have one too. I love the MOMYS. We are on vacation right now and I have my MOMYS directory with me in case we need anything. It just feels safe to know they are around.
Christy
• Mon 22 Oct 2007 - GO MOMYS!!!
Christy