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Edible!

Candy Clay

10 oz vanilla flavored candy coating or almond bark broken up

1/3 cup light corn syrup

4 food colors (recommend paste form instead of liquid)

Freezer bags

Foil

Cooking spray

Cookie sheet

Mini candy decors

 

Put candy coating in bowl

Add 1/3 c corn syrup

Microwave for 30-45 seconds.

Stir

Repeat until smooth only  15-20 seconds at a time

Stir

Line a cookie sheet with foil

Spray with cooking spray

Pour candy into pan

Spread evenly

Let sit for 30 min (up to 1hr.)

Just until dough is firm enough to handle

Spray 4 plastic freezer bags with cooking spray

Divide dough

Add food color

Close bag tight

Knead until color is mixed

Turn bag inside out to remove dough

Scrape bag

Let stand for about 15 min (so it won’t be so sticky)

Model dough as desired

Decorate with mini candies

 

Store:

In sprayed individual plastic bags

Close tight

 

Fun Dough

  

1 1/4 c Original Bisquick® mix

1/4 c salt

1 tsp cream of tartar

1 c water

1 tsp food color

 

~~~Mix Bisquick, salt, cream of tarter in microwave safe bowl

~~~Set aside

~~~Mix water and food coloring

~~~Add water a little at a time to Bisquick mix

~~~Microwave on high for 1 minuet

~~~Scrape mixture from side of bowl

~~~Stir

~~~Microwave 2 --3 minutes

~~~Stirring after each minute, until mixture almost forms a ball.

~~~Let dough stand 3—5 minuets

~~~Knead dough until smooth.

 

Hint:

If dough is sticky add 1 to 2 tblsp of Bisquick.

 

~~~Cool

~~~Store in tightly covered container in refrigerat

NEW!

Sand Clay

 

1 c sand
1/2 c cornstarch
3/4 c liquid starch
old pot
sand molds

 

~~Mix sand and cornstarch in old pot.

~~Add liquid starch

~~Mix

~~Cook over medium heat

~~Stir constantly.

~~Until thickened

~~Remove from heat

~~Let cool.

~~Knead for 20 to 30 seconds before using.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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