This scented cinnamon ornaments recipe makes delightful ornaments with a special Christmas smell that will bring a pleasant atmosphere to your home this holiday season!
If you have gone to the trouble to make someone homemade gifts, go the extra mile and make the presentation and packaging special too. It can make the difference between an “oh, thank you” gift and a “how cute is this, I love it, it’s adorable!” gift.
If you are giving cocoa mix in a mug,tie peppermint sticks or candy canes onto the mug to use for stirring. Even one or two spoons dipped in white chocolate can make the difference between a “ho-hum” gift and a “wow!” gift.
Copy the packaging and presentation ideas you see in magazines or on TV.There is a reason they can sell $.50 worth of cocoa for $25.
Instead of just giving someone a plate of brownies,cut them into Christmas shapes with your cookie cutters. Things like stars, trees or bells work well. Go a step further and covering them with frosting or sprinkles.
Take everyone’s favorite rice crispy treats and cut them into shapes with your cookie cutters.There is even Christmas cereal available now. Try using that instead of regular rice crispies or add red or green food coloring to spruce up the rice crispies.
Instead of giving someone a plate of cookies, buy cellophane bags to put them in and tie with extra pretty ribbons. You can get clear cellophane bags at party stores or flower shops.
When giving cookies, put a different twist on themby pressing a lollipop or popsicle stick into them before you bake them. If you use a popsicle stick, personalize it by writing the person’s name or a special message on the stick. Once again, do something cute for a package. Slip them into a cellophane bag or cover with colored cellophane paper and tie with a bow. You can get lollipop or popsicle sticks at any discount store in the crafts or cake decorating section.
Tie little jingle bells to the ends of the ribbon you use on your packageor just for fun, put your gift in a box before you wrap it and throw in a couple of hands full of wrapped peppermints or Christmas candy.
This scented cinnamon ornaments recipe can be used for more than just ornaments for your tree. Tuck them in different corners of your house to add a lovely spicy scent here and there. It is also fun to tuck a few into a package you are shipping or delivering so when the person opens the package he or she gets a wonderful Christmas smell before even seeing the gift.
Our holiday spirits were sent into overdrive when the scent of these cinnamon applesauce ornaments baking in the oven started wafting throughout the house. Absolutely incredible, and I still smell cinnamon every time I walk in the door, days after baking them.
They really last a long time when stored properly! While they are fairly sturdy, they might crack and crumble if handled roughly. To store them, wrap and layer them in tissue paper and place them in a Ziplock bag.
They're a classic potpourri spice for good reason — a few sticks in a simmering pot of water will make your entire home smell like you've got cinnamon rolls baking.
Because of the white school glue, the dough can get a little bit stiff and might crack when you first start rolling it out, but that's easy to fix: Simply add a few drops of water to the dough and rub them into the surface.
For a more concentrated scent experience, consider using cinnamon essential oil. You can add a few drops to your bathwater, mix it with a carrier oil for a massage, or diffuse it in an essential oil diffuser to fill your home with the comforting scent of cinnamon.
Homemade baking soda dough is so much better than traditional salt dough. Why you ask? Thank you for asking. Baking soda dough has a much smoother texture and a much brighter white color, compared to the slightly grainy, off-white color, that salt dough creates.
Adding too much flour will make your rolls very dry. Once you have added the appropriate amount of flour, turn your mixer to a low speed and let the machine do all the kneading for you. 15 minutes sounds like a long time, but it will add to the fluffiness of your rolls.
Gather the cinnamon sticks into a bundle and tightly wire them together. Make a bow in the center of the cinnamon sticks. This is done by folding the ribbon in half; then through the center, place a piece of florist wire. Gather the ribbon together and pull tightly, this can now be wrapped around the cinnamon sticks.
My home ovens lowest temperature is 75C which is perfect for slow drying of the salt dough. If you find that your oven has the lowest temperature of above 150C then I would advise you to air dry your salt dough creations which will take considerably longer but will prevent the puffing up.
Roll out to a thickness of 1/8 inch; cut desired shapes with cookie cutters. Transfer dough shapes to ungreased cookie sheets; use a toothpick to make a hole in each ornament for hanging. Bake in the preheated oven until hard, about 1 hour, switching racks halfway through.
In our experience, salt dough decorations will last for years once you've baked and decorated them, so they make a lovely keepsake. We've had decorations last over 20 years with no deterioration. To help them last longer, paint them with a layer of decoupage glue or clear varnish to seal the colours.
If a recipe calls for cinnamon sticks but you only have ground cinnamon, you can use the ground version instead. Most recipe developers recommend using a 1/2 teaspoon (about 1.4 grams) of cinnamon for every cinnamon stick the recipe calls for.
Gather the cinnamon sticks into a bundle and tightly wire them together. Make a bow in the center of the cinnamon sticks. This is done by folding the ribbon in half; then through the center, place a piece of florist wire. Gather the ribbon together and pull tightly, this can now be wrapped around the cinnamon sticks.
But since most cinnamon sticks come in a 3 inch size and we don't want to break off just a quarter, we used the whole stick and made 1.25 cups which fits perfectly into a oversized mug. Please note you can boil the same stick about 4 times, each time with fresh water.
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