Clay Recipe
Monday, Feb. 10, 2003 4:15 pm
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It was really fun! Hani measured stuff, I mixed, and James rolled it out. They're baking in the oven now.

The kitchen looks like a casualty of the rampages of the flour fairy. There is flour EVERY WHERE!!!

Ack. I think I am going to be the one who ends up cleaning.

Darn.

I will have to appear very busy for the next hour!

Its really GOOD dough! Silky and smooth and pliant. Not at all sticky.

In case anyone wants it, the recipe is:

Making Clay Runes with Pagan Children

4 cups flour

1 cup salt

1 teaspoon alum (in spice section of grocery store)

1 1/2 cups water

food coloring (optional)

Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

If it is too dry, add a tablespoon of water. Work into dough with

your hands.

If you want to color the dough, divide into parts, and add food

coloring to each section and knead.

Roll out dough with a rolling pin on a slightly floured surface.

Cut dough into squares or rectangles.

Use a toothpick to carve the rune into the tile.

Place the rune tiles gently onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 30 minutes in 250 degree oven. Turn and bake another 1 1/2

Hours until hard and dry.

Let cool completely. Sand lightly with fine sandpaper. Spray with

Clear shellac or acrylic spray.

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