Cinnamon Ornaments

 
What you’ll need:
1 cup of applesauce
1 1/2 cups cinnamon (dollar store)

cookie cutters 
skewer (hole poking)
string for hanging

1. Mix 1 cup of applesauce with 1 cup of cinnamon in a large bowl. Mix, mix, mix. This is the kind of recipe you’ll need to use your hands to really incorporate the cinnamon. Make sure you don’t miss any wet spots. Add the additional 1/2 cup of cinnamon and continue to incorporate. 

If it’s too wet add more cinnamon, too dry add more applesauce. Be patient. It takes time to mix so don’t add until you’re absolutely sure it’s well mixed.

2. Scatter some cinnamon (like if you were rolling out cookies with flour) and roll out applesauce/cinnamon dough to 1/4″ thick. If the dough is too wet it will make a huge mess and stick to your rolling pin.  Cut out your ornaments.

3. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Place ornaments on a cookie sheet. They can be really close together but not touching; they won’t rise in the oven. 

Using a skewer carefully make a hole in each ornament. Stick the ornaments in the oven for an hour or more. The juice from the applesauce needs to evaporate. The range in cooking time depends on your house, humidity and climate.  They should be rock hard. If they’re not, give them some more time in the oven.
 
4.  When hard, loop a string through each of the holes to hang on the tree, string together to make a garland or attach to a package Enjoy!

I found this recipe at:
http://www.katyelliott.com/blog