The BEST Homemade Playdough
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5
126 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
3 mins
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Cook Time
5 mins
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Total Time
8 mins
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Servings
1 ball
The BEST Homemade Playdough
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This homemade playdough recipe uses common pantry ingredients like flour, salt, cream of tartar, and vegetable oil to create a pliable, colorful dough. Cooking the mixture on the stove until thickened allows the dough to achieve a smooth and workable texture. Adding gel food coloring during cooking ensures even color distribution. After cooling, brief kneading readies the dough for creative play. The recipe notes explain how to make multiple colors by repeating the process separately.
Description
The BEST Homemade Playdough combines flour, water, salt, cream of tartar, and oil cooked on the stovetop to form a pliable dough that can be colored with gel food coloring. Heating the mixture until it thickens and gathers around the spoon helps develop a consistent texture that is easy to mold and safe for children to play with. Cooling and kneading the dough further improves its smoothness and elasticity.
Producing multiple colors requires making each batch separately with the desired dye. This playdough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator to maintain freshness and extend usability.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup water
- 2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- ⅓ cup salt
- 1 TBS vegetable oil
- Gel food coloring
Notes
- To create multiple colors, repeat the recipe separately for each color with gel food coloring added during cooking.
- Store the cooled and kneaded playdough in an airtight container in the refrigerator to keep it fresh.
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