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Baked Cinnamon Ornaments: Easy DIY Holiday Project for Kids
Ingredients:
3/4 cup applesauce
1 bottle (4.12 ounces) McCormick Cinnamon, Ground
Cookie Cutters
Drinking Straw
Ribbon
Glitter & Glue (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 200°F. Mix applesauce and cinnamon in small bowl until a smooth ball of dough is formed. (You may need use your hands to incorporate all of the cinnamon.)- Using about 1/4 of the dough at a time, roll dough to 1/4-inch to 1/3-inch thickness between two sheets of plastic wrap. Peel off top sheet of plastic wrap.
- Cut dough into desired shapes with 2- to 3-inch cookie cutters. Make a hole at top of ornament with drinking straw or skewer. Place ornaments on baking sheet.
- Bake 2 1/2 hours. Cool ornaments on wire rack. (Or, to dry ornaments at room temperature, carefully place them on wire rack. Let stand 1 to 2 days or until thoroughly dry, turning occasionally.).
- Insert ribbon through holes and tie to hang.
- Decorate if desired.
NOTES: This recipe is super easy and a fun project for kids. The whole house will smell amazing as the ornament bake! We choose to fancy our ornaments up a little with some glue and glitter but they look adorable plain too, just use some cute ribbon to make the “hanger”. We used our ornaments as part of another gift and they looked adorable tied onto it.
Thanks to McCormick for this awesome recipe!