Scented Ornaments
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Spice up holiday gifts with whimsical cutouts that double as fragrant (but nonedible!) tree ornaments.
What you'll need
- 1 cup of regular applesauce (not the chunky variety)
- 1 1/2 cups of ground cinnamon
- 1/3 cup of white glue
- Assorted cookie cutters
- Drinking straw
- Colored ribbon
String several ornaments together with twine and beads for a sweet-smelling holiday garland.
How to make it
In a mixing bowl, stir together ingredients. Form the mixture into a ball, wrap it in plastic and chill for at least 30 minutes until the "dough" stiffens.
Sprinkle more cinnamon on a cutting board or a waxed-paper-lined surface, and turn the chilled dough onto it. Dust a rolling pin with cinnamon and use it to roll out the dough to a 1/4-inch thickness (if it's thinner than that, the ornaments will be too fragile).
Cut out decorative shapes with assorted cookie cutters or a butter knife, then use a plastic drinking straw to make a hole through the top center of each cutout.
Let the ornaments air-dry completely before stringing them with ribbon.
