Homemade playdough recipes

[Yael]

Hey guys,

Was looking for some recipes for playdough on the net - a lot of them said to put something called "Alum" in it. Anyone know 1) what this is, and 2) if it's necessary... (and if yes, where do i buy it from?)

Or do you have any good recipes to share... DS seems to like eating playdough (I remember doing the same thing at kinder, i think because they said not to eat it, so of course i had to try it), so prefer something not too salty.

[Olive]

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ml#post1185776

yael there are some here

[blizz]

I've been making this recipe for almost 12years in long day care

Uncooked Playdough
4 cups plain flour
1 cup salt
4 tbspoons cream of tartare
6 tblspoons of oil
food colouring
3 cups of boiling water
add dry ingredients then mix through oil/colouring and boiling water
knead on floured surface till smooth.
keep in a plastic bag or container (it goes crumbly if kept in the fridge for too long though)

[~Kim~]

I make mine exactly like Blizz said. I made some in October and store it in a snap lock bag in the fridge - it's still fantastic!

Darcy eats hers too and I've tasted it - it's awful. I put extra salt in so she might not eat it because it tasted bad - but no luck.

[CrystalBoo]

Without oil, it will dry out very fast, without salt it will go funky quickly (salt preserves) Having said that, if you really want to have fun just use flour and water and add whatever takes your (and your child's ) fancy - peanut butter, milo, sultanas, powdered custard/drink mix/drinking chocolate, whatever. You can have a great time making up your own concoctions together and they can be eaten without worry. Don't use them more than once though. Also, if you use SR flour, you get stretchy dough. Essential oils are nice to add too, but I wouldn't recommend eating those. I have never found it necessary to add alum to dough - sounds kind of american. My recipe is very similar to blizz's so I won't bother posting it but if you buy the cream of tartare, there's a recipe on the box.
Have fun

[meow]

I use the recipe on the cream of tartare packet- but make it like Blizz said with boiling water, rather than cooking it... so much easier! I think you really do need the salt you just have to supervise that little ones don't eat too much of it.

[mrsr]

I use the recipe on the ABC Kids website for "Uncooked Playdough" - I always make sure to add lots of food colouring so it's very vibrant and it stores really well in snaplock bags in the fridge.

James loves playing with it and I used to send piles of it to school with him when he was in Grade 1. The teacher loved it.

[dee73]

Is there something you can use instead of Cream of Tartare? Our supermarket doesn't have it! can you use baking soda instead?

[Kitt3n]

lol, i tried this once when i did family day care and the kids ended up paying with sludge instead of dough.

so good luck!!!

[meow]

Is there something you can use instead of Cream of Tartare? Our supermarket doesn't have it! can you use baking soda instead?

I don't think you can replace it... but there are uncoooked recipes that don't use it though. They just seem to go sticky sooner and aren't as pliable in my opinion.

[Ezz]

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Originally Posted by dee73 View Post
Is there something you can use instead of Cream of Tartare? Our supermarket doesn't have it! can you use baking soda instead?
I don't think you can replace it... but there are uncoooked recipes that don't use it though. They just seem to go sticky sooner and aren't as pliable in my opinion.

Uncooked recipes also seem to go off faster.

But, I did some googling about Cream of Tartar & apparently it's an acid - also used in baking & when beating egg whites. Here are some suggested alternatives:

White vinegar or lemon juice, in the ratio of 3 times the amount of cream of tartar called for, will provide the right amount of acid for most recipes.

HTH

I cook my dough, then you don't need to store it in the fridge. But I cook it in the microwave, rather than the stove - much easier. I use the recipe on the Cream of Tartar package - but I add double the amount of oil they suggest (gives a better consistency).