Foolproof Playdough

This is my favourite recipe for playdough.

To make really good play dough you need really CHEAP ingredients. I’ve been making this recipe for about 20 years and somebody finally told me this year that its the fact that cheap flour is less refined than the more expensive stuff that makes it work!

There is nothing too terrible in this basic recipe if any of it gets eaten, but I wouldn’t encourage it!

To make play dough you will need:

1 cup flour
½ cup salt
2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup water
few drops of food colouring (optional)

Method
• Put the flour, salt and cream of tartar into a pan (non-stick if you have it, but it doesn’t really matter)
• Add the oil, water and a few drops of food colouring and stir well
• Place the pan on the hob over a medium heat and stir constantly until the mixture forms a ball in the middle of the pan
• Turn out onto a floured surface and knead well (at this point you can add some glitter if you like)
• Leave to cool before you play with it.
• Store in an airtight box or bag in the fridge and it will keep for several weeks.


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