Around here, we like to keep Christmas cozy, simple, foraged and homemade. Most of our decorations are things we make (dried citrus, foraged wreaths, garland). One of my favorite little crafts, especially now that I have a little helper, are these cinnamon ornaments. This year we had one of Calvin's little friends over, along with his mama and together we mixed and rolled and cut and and dried these ornaments. By the end, there was cinnamon sprinkled all over the kitchen (including the boys' faces), and our home smelled glorious.
The thing I really love about these ornaments is that they are made of cinnamon, applesauce and cloves. Most recipes for cinnamon ornaments out there have some sort of glue in them. With two-year-olds helping, it's nice to have something absolutely edible. I'm not encouraging them to eat it by any means (SO MUCH CINNAMON), but I can rest assured that if they do, it wouldn't bother me as glue would.
We hung these on the tree (they are some of the few ornaments within Calvin's reach) and have adorned many of our Christmas gifts with them.
My favorite cut-out shapes were the stars and trees! Although little gingerbread people would be awfully cute.
Recipe:
2 cups applesauce
about 3 cups cinnamon (go buy the big cheap containers at Aldi!)
1/8 cups ground cloves
Mix together the applesauce, cinnamon and cloves. Dust the countertop with cinnamon and roll out the dough about 1/4 in. thick. Cut out ornaments and place on parchment lined cookie sheet. Use a skewer to poke holes in them. Bake at 200 degrees F for around 2 hours, until very hard. Tie strings through holes and decorate!
These are not for eating, just decorating.
Enjoy this little snowy day project!
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