Play Dough
- Title
- Play Dough
- Subject
- water
- salt
- oil
- alum
- flour
- food coloring
- Description
- Card 1 Front of recipe RCA0009-20260629-0018
PLAY DOUGH
BOIL: 1½C. water
½ C. salt
REMOVE: Quickly add
1 T. oil
2 T. alum
QUICKLY ADD:
2 C. flour and stir up
Cool until it can be handled
KNEED
DIVIDE into 4 sections, add food color to each or leave one white.
Can work together two primary colors to get secondary colors.
WRAP TIGHTLY to keep from drying out.
Card 1 Back: blank
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# Play Dough
## Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c. water
- 1/2 c. salt
- 1 Tbsp. oil
- 2 Tbsp. alum
- 2 c. flour
- Food coloring (assorted colors, optional)
## Instructions
1. Boil the water and salt together.
2. Remove from heat and quickly add the oil and alum.
3. Quickly add the flour and stir until combined.
4. Cool until the dough can be handled.
5. Knead the dough.
6. Divide into 4 sections. Add food coloring to each section, or leave one white. Two primary colors can be worked together to create secondary colors.
7. Wrap tightly to keep from drying out. - Creator
- Barb Washburn
- Source
- RCA0009 - From Loan Ledger to Kitchen: The Barb Washburn Collection (Family)
- Date
- 1960s
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Typed recipe card
- Identifier
- RCA0009-20260629-0018
- Coverage
- Washington, US Wisconsin, US
Dublin Core
Citation
Barb Washburn, “Play Dough,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed August 15, 2026, https://recipecardarchive.com/items/show/2097.