Crafty recipes for crafty projects!
Finger Paint
1/3 cup cornstarch
3 Tbsp. sugar
2 cups cold water
food coloring
Combine cornstarch, sugar and water in a 1 quart saucepan.
Cook over medium heat, stirring regularly, until mixture thickens (anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes).
Remove from heat, pour into containers.
Tint with food coloring as desired, mix and cool.
**Recipe makes 2 cups of color.
**Recipe can be halved easily.
**The mixture takes color beautifully, you can get nice, strong, bright colors!
**Food coloring can stain clothes... just a reminder!
Craft Dough
1 cup flour
1 cup warm water
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. oil
1/4 cup salt
food coloring
Mix all of the ingredients (except for the food coloring) together.
Stir over medium heat until smooth.
Remove from pan.
To color, add food coloring and knead.
**Store in an airtight container or zip top bag
Quick Yellow Cake
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1cup low-fat milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
Combine dry ingredients in bowl. Add shortening, milk and vanilla. Mix at medium-low speed about 1 minute. Stop, scrape bowl. Add eggs, mix again (medium-low) approximately 30 seconds. Stop, scrape bowl. Mix at medium high speed approximately 1 minute. Pour batter into greased 8- or 9-inch pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely on rack.
**3 tsp = 1 Tbsp
**1/2 cup shortening = one stick of butter/margarine
** soy milk (or rice milk) can be substituted
**I usually make this in a 9" X 13" pan. Cook time doesn't change that much, just check with a toothpick.
**I tend to double the amount of vanilla... I do that in most recipes, just because I love vanilla...
