Homemade playdough recipes

[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).