Non-food recipes

Christmas Ornament Dough

Makes approximately 30 small ornaments

  • 4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup salt
  • 1/4 cup cinnamon
  • 3 Tbsp nutmeg
  • 2 Tbsp ground cloves
  • About 1 1/2 cup lukewarm water

Sift dry ingredients together. Add water until dough is the consistency of molding clay. For a better batch, wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate overnightsp But if you can’t wait, go right ahead! After cookie ornaments are shaped, bake in a preheated 300°F oven for about 1 hour. (Dough can be glazed with egg white before baking for richer color. Though not necessary, a guaranteed way of preserving the ornaments is to brush them with a polyurethane after cooking.)

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Dog Biscuits

  • 2 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup non-fat dry milk powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 6 Tbsp butter or margarine
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 1/2 tsp wheat germ
  • 1 1/2 tsp nutritional yeast (not baking yeast)

Cream butter and egg until well blended. Sift flour, milk powder, salt, wheat germ, and yeast together. Add flour mix and cold water alternately to butter and egg mixture. Knead 2-3 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4–1/2″ thick. Dip cookie cutter in flour and cut out dog biscuits with a cookie cutter of your choice. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

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GOOP

Solution A: Mix together in a large bowl—2 cups white glue (Elmer’s school glue); 1 1/2 cup water; food coloring (several drops)

Solution B: Mix in another bowl—1 cup HOT water; 3 tsp Borax detergent

Add 1/3 cup of Solution B to 1/3 cup Solution A; mix well. Remove the resulting ‘solid’ GOOP; add another 1/3 cup of B to 1/3 cup Solution A; mix and remove GOOP; add the final 1/3 cup of B to A; remove the GOOP and discard any remaining liquid. Have fun with it!

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