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Clayton Gray Home Christmas Gingerbread Ornaments

Here are a few of our ornaments/​name tags from last year.

Its Friday Fun-​​day and we’re bringing you one of our favorite, tried and true Christmas craft ideas…enjoyable by adults and chil­dren a like.  These gin­ger­bread orna­ments are easy and fun to make, not to men­tion, fill your house with amazing aromas, just in time for the hol­i­days!  They can be made and painted for Christmas orna­ments or used as our favorite option, gift tags for presents!

Either way, these little orna­ments are just the thing to top off any tree or present this hol­iday season.

 

Clayton Gray Home Cinnamon Gingerbread

Painted or plain(shown here) either way we love these little orna­ments! (photo cour­tesy of mccormick​.com)

Recipe:

Makes 12 to 15 ornaments.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 2 1/​2 hours or 1 to 2 days drying time

3/​4 cup apple­sauce
1 bottle (4.12 ounces) McCormick® Cin­namon, Ground

DIRECTIONS:

1. 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.

2. 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.)

3. Insert ribbon through holes and tie to hang. Dec­o­rate with opaque paint markers, found in arts and crafts stores, if desired.

Test Kitchen Tip: If a dif­ferent size bottle of cin­namon is used, mea­sure 1 cup plus 2 table­spoons cinnamon.

DO NOT EAT

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