Remember when I shared this post featuring my faux holiday chocolates? Shortly after creating them I posted a pic in a Dollar Tree Crafts And Decor group that I belong to on Facebook. That's when a commentor responded by telling me that I should follow the Glittz And Glue page hosted by Cristal Gonzalez, and I'm so glad that I did! It's a wonderful place full of tutorials how to make decorative food items called 'fake bakes' and I have been inspired ever since 😍
My first project was to try my hand at the salt dough cookies that you see here, check it out:
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Here is my first batch of salt dough cookies. The recipe I followed calls for 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt and 1 cup of water. I mixed my dry ingredients first before adding the water little by little until it was all mixed together. The dough may be a little sticky but dusting your hands, table top and any cutters/ molds with flour will help. Once I had my shapes cut out I placed them on a floured cookie sheet and baked at 250. I would recommend starting at two hours baking time and going from there depending on how thick your items are.
Like the shirt? You can find the SVG file for this design (Christmas Baking Crew) in my Etsy shop here.
Fresh out of the oven my 'cookies' were dry but had gotten a little puffy. I've since read that if this happens (and you are not using self rising flour) it's because the oven was a little too hot. I haven't experimented with temps yet so if you have any tips please add them in the comments!
Keeping with the current holiday season I used acrylic paint to make half red and half green.
Then I used some joint compound to act as icing and piped it on to my cookies using a large flower tip.
A few beads for sprinkles and I was happy 😊
The red and green cookies turned out so well that I decided to continue with a few other varieties:
The gingerbread snowflakes and men I painted front and back in acrylic paint and then used puffy paint to add detail.
I also make some more traditional shapes that I also decorated with acrylic and puffy paints.
This project was so much fun and I've been 'fake baking' ever since - more posts coming soon!
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I hope you enjoyed this holiday decor post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2020
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OMG I was just thinking about some ornaments I made in kindergarden. One was an ice cream cone made of a real cone filled with an ornament to be the ice cream scoop, cotton as whip cream and a red puff bal for a cherry. Then there was a candy cane that I couldn't remember how we made it. Now seeing your post, we must have used salt dough! You solved my mystery! Thanks, Marie of This Dear Casa visiting from Really Crafty Linky Party :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to have you stop by, Marie. Those ice cream cone ornaments sound adorable!
DeleteJennifer, I love how you craft with so many techniques and so many elements for the festive season. Thank you for sharing with us at Meraki Link Party.
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As always, thank YOU for hosting!
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