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Carrot Cupcakes

 Carrot   Cupcakes Everyone seems to love Carrot Cake,  what I also like about them is how wonderfully moist they are and how flavorful they taste. I love this Carrot Cupcake recipe because it's so easy to make. No mixer is required. The time consuming part is the grating of the fresh carrots. I have included applesauce in the cupcake batter which, along with the oil, makes these cupcakes so moist. But, if you like, you could use an equal amount of grated apple or even crushed pineapple. You can also add 1/2 cup (120 ml) of currants or raisins to the batter. Carrot Cakes became popular with the health food craze of the 1970s. There are many theories on the origin of this cake, some say it descended from the English's baked carrot puddings or European steamed carrot puddings. Others say it may have come from German carrot breads. Carrots were used in European sweet cakes since the Middle Ages when other sweeteners were hard to find or just too expensive. In fact, carr...
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CHRISTMAS SCENTED SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS

CHRISTMAS SCENTED SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS


 Thank you (HAMSINI) my daughter who helped me to do this recipe.
Learn how to make Christmas scented salt dough ornaments. This easy, old fashioned, handmade recipe is a great craft idea for kids and adults.

HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS SCENTED SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS

Scented Christmas salt dough ornaments are the perfect touch to a homemade Christmas feeling. More than likely, all the ingredients that are needed for this recipe are already in your kitchen.

Salt dough ornaments are easy for kids to make. Kids can make a wide variety of designs and styles using cookie cutters. My children love this recipe and we also love making the chocolate salt dough version.

After these are baked, the ornaments can even be painted.

I try to focus the holiday season on making memories with my daughter and creating traditions that they will always remember.

Handmade ornaments are also a great gift idea to give. Tie them on packages, or personalize them and give them to loved ones to hang on their Christmas tree.

HOW LONG DO SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS LAST?

Homemade salt dough ornaments can last a very long time. Salt is a preservative that will ensure that your ornaments don’t get moldy.

At the end of the Christmas season, simply wrap them up, very carefully in some tissue paper or newspaper. Place them in a storage location where they will be safe from getting smashed or destroyed. One of the safest ways to store ornaments is in a box designed for ornaments.



MATERIALS

  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1 cup salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 10 drops Lavender essential oil (optional but it adds to the amazing smell)

TOOLS

  • Cookie Cutters
  • String
  • Skewer
  • Rolling Pin

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Mix the flour, salt, and the lavender essential oil if you are using it.

2. Then, slowly add the water until you have a workable piece of dough. You don’t want it to be gooey and sticky, so I always start with a little bit less water and add if I need more. The dough should be close to the consistency of play-dough.

3. Roll out the dough and cut out the desired shape that you want for your ornaments. If you are hanging the ornaments, you will need to use a skewer, straw or something to create the hole for your string.

4. Place the ornaments on a baking sheet and put in the oven at the lowest temperature possible. My oven was set to 50 degrees.

5. Bake the scented salt dough ornaments for 1 hour, then, flip them over and bake another hour.

6.Lastly, remove them from the oven and allow to cool. Then, be creative because you can leave them plain, paint them, create a garland, tie them on packages or simply use as ornaments.

Add flour into bowl

Salt 

Mix both

Add lavender oil

Mix

Add water

Little by little and mix

Form dough

Take the dough

Roll out thick

Cut desire shapes

Remove excess dough

Make hole using straw

Place them on baking tray lined with paper


Bake them for 1 hour in lowest degree in your oven

After baking cool them then start painting them

Create design 

Put them in a rope

like this

Real ornaments!!!!!!







































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