Gingerbread Scented Salt Dough Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Can you add scent to salt dough? ›

Simply add the salt and flour together and mix to form a soft but not sticky dough. If the dough feels too wet you can add in more flour, alternatively if it feels dry just simply add in more water. Next you need to add your scent and colour. You can use any herbs, flowers, spices or essences and oils for your scents.

The salt dough worked perfectly for making mini gingerbread houses. If you wanted to make larger houses, you would have to adjust the baking time, and might want to make the dough slightly thicker so it would be stronger. Thicker dough means even longer baking time.

If you have thin ornaments for the tree then in the oven they may only take an hour or two. However, if you are drying something thicker like a sculpture or a candle holder then this will take much longer and it may be better for you to dry using the air drying method.

Simple Scented Bath Salt Recipe

In a mixing bowl, add drops of the essential oil to the bath salt and mix well. Store in a glass jar. Add 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the scented salts to a bath for a soothing, luxurious experience!

Mix together flour and salt in a bowl. Stir in water and drops of essential oil - combine until smooth. Use some extra flour to lightly dust countertop. Roll out dough until it's around ¼ inch thick.

As do the addition of nutmeg or allspice and cloves, all very distinct by themselves. All four sweet spices of ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves, in descending order of the usual measured portion, come together into an spice amalgam that makes gingerbread smell like gingerbread.

Gingerbread has a warm, spicy fragrance with sweet and aromatic undertones. It's reminiscent of freshly baked gingerbread cookies, with notes of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, creating a comforting and nostalgic aroma.

Mineral-rich sea salt or Himalayan salt is much healthier to eat but doesn't work as well for DIY salt dough ornaments. Regular, cheap table salt from the cardboard canister at the store makes the best salt dough.

What is the best salt for dough? ›

For baking recipes, use a non-iodized salt. That way, you won't get any chemical tastes in your baked goods! But don't panic if iodized salt is all you have—if you're only using a small amount (think: ¼ teaspoon or less) or baking a recipe with strong flavors, you probably won't notice its taste.

It mixes seamlessly into the dough. You do not need to get iodized. Just plain table salt will work. This is not the time to pull out your fancy, coarse ground sea salt or Himalayan pink salt – these will not incorporate as well into your dough and could make it look a bit chunky or off color.

Bake the dough at 250 degrees F or about 2 hours. You want to bake them until they're hardened. They will harden a little more once you remove them from the oven and let them cool but you want them to have a good hard texture before you remove them from the oven.

Once you've formed your salt dough, you can cook the creations in the oven to make them set. Once baked, they will harden and can be painted and decorated after they cooled down!

How do I preserve and store these Salt Dough Ornaments? In order to keep your ornaments and use them for several years, it is best to seal them. Painting them with acrylic paint, if you choose to, will begin the process. But a coat of Mod Podge or Acrylic sealer that is applied like a spray paint will be needed.

In the recipe above, I added a couple of 'bells and whistles' to the recipe to make a smoother dough but the oil and glycerin are optional. These ornaments last for years. They are fun, easy, and inexpensive to make. You can even add scent, colors, glitter, paint, and beads if you like.

How to Preserve Salt Dough Ornaments. To help preserve your finished dried ornaments, you can coat with a layer or two of Mod Podge or spray with a sealer. Either work well. I'd recommend coating or sealing both sides, so do one side and let it dry, and then do the second side.

Add the cooking oil to make the dough soft, pliable and smoother. Put some of the dough on the baking paper, use your rolling pin and use your cookie cutter to make various shapes for hanging decorations or napkin rings. You can also mold the dough to make figurines or sculptures.

I also wanted the project to be super colorful! The solution, Salt Dough Hand Prints colored with Sharpie Oil-Based Paint Markers (because when you are managing this crew, paint is a nightmare).