Step 3: Knead & color
Turn the dough out onto a clean counter or silicone mat, and knead vigorously until it becomes silky-smooth. Divide the dough into balls for coloring.
Make a divot in the center of the ball, and drop some food coloring1 in. Fold the dough over, working the food color through the body of the playdough, trying to keep the raw dye away from your hands and the counter. You could use gloves or plastic wrap at this stage to keep your hands clean- only the concentrated dye will color your skin, so as soon as it's worked in bare hands are fine.
Work the dye through, adding more as necessary to achieve your chosen color.
1 If you use unsweetened drink mix for color, test on a small ball first- it won't go as far as the "real" food coloring.
Make a divot in the center of the ball, and drop some food coloring1 in. Fold the dough over, working the food color through the body of the playdough, trying to keep the raw dye away from your hands and the counter. You could use gloves or plastic wrap at this stage to keep your hands clean- only the concentrated dye will color your skin, so as soon as it's worked in bare hands are fine.
Work the dye through, adding more as necessary to achieve your chosen color.
1 If you use unsweetened drink mix for color, test on a small ball first- it won't go as far as the "real" food coloring.
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I forgot oil :) but still outcome is excellent!
1 cups flour
1 cups warm water
1/2 cup salt
1 Tablespoons vegetable oil
2Tablespoon cream of tartar (optional for improved elasticity)
we used blue food coloring.
Turned out great. You have to let it cook long enough. It looks like OMG this is going wrong but when it is like thick mash potatoes put on wax paper and let cool enough to knead and refrigerate. Daughter said it was awesome.
Unfortunately, I've lost my recipe - which is why I came online ot look for one - I will use this one but give the microwave a try!!
I remember bits overheating sometimes and you'd get dried out crispy bits but you just pick those off - still super easy and better than having to stir, you can also use a glass bowl so easier to clean than a pan :-)
I used neon food cooling and the play dough turned out great!
It helps make the dough more elastic, but you can certainly skip it.