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Hand decorating cinnamon applesauce ornaments with white paint on parchment covered cookie sheet.
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Easy DIY Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments 

Easy DIY Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments smell so good on the tree or on the top of a gift. A 2 ingredient recipe you will love making!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Drying time2 days
Total Time2 days 50 minutes
Course: Decorative Craft
Cuisine: Craft
Keyword: applesauce and cinnamon ornaments, Art and craft project, Christmas Craft, Cinnamon applesauce ornaments, cinnamon ornamnet recipe, DIY Christmas ornaments, family project
Servings: 20 ornaments (depending on size)
Author: Shelly
Cost: $5

Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Mixing spoon
  • Rolling Pin
  • Pastry mat for rolling out dough (optional)
  • Cookie cutters
  • Thin spatula
  • Cookie Sheet

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place applesauce and cinnamon into a mixing bowl. Mix the applesauce and cinnamon into a dough using a spoon.
  • Use the rolling pin to roll the dough out to ¼ inch thick. 
  • Use your Christmas cookie cutters to cut out your Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments. Fit as many as you can on the rolled-out dough.
  • Pull the extra dough away from the cut out ornaments and then lift them onto the cookie sheet with your fingers or a thin spatula.
  • Now is the time to make holes in the top of the ornaments so you can add a ribbon. I used the end of a drinking straw to make the holes in mine. 
  • You can let your ornaments air dry on the cookie sheet for about two days or you can place them in a 200-degree oven for several hours (mine were dry in about 2 hours). This depends on your time frame. 
  • If you like the look of the plain ornament, go ahead, and tie a ribbon or string in the hole and you are done.
  • But if you are wanting more color, it is also possible to decorate your ornaments with paint or glue on decorations. I chose to use white puff paint to make some of the ornaments look as if they had been decorated with frosting.
  • Let the paint dry and then add a ribbon or string to hang the ornament.

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Notes

Tip:
Sprinkle some cinnamon on a flat surface and put the dough down on it. You are using the cinnamon like you use flour when rolling out sugar cookies.
Sprinkle a bit more cinnamon on top. This is so it doesn’t stick to the surface or to the rolling pin. I even dust the rolling pin with a bit of cinnamon.
Note: Remember not to eat these ornaments or the dough!! They are not edible.