Non-Edible Cookie Ornaments

Non-Edible Cookie Ornaments

1 cup ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground all spice
3/4 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons Elmer's glue

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. In large bowl, combine all ingredients.  If too dry, add more applesauce, and if it is too wet, add more cinnamon.  Knead dough 3 minutes to form a ball.  Between two sheets of wax paper, roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness, do not roll too thin.  Using cookie cutters, cut dough into shapes.  Make a hole using a toothpick, at the top of the cookie, so you can hang the ornament.  Place on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.  Bake 2 hours, turning every 30 minutes.  If you don't want to bake the ornaments you can let them air dry for a couple of days.   Decorate with craft puff paint, or other craft items.

This is a great craft for kids and adults to do on Christmas day.  I always make the cookies at least a day or two before I need them.  

The first time I did this craft, I only make enough cookies for the kids to decorate.  I was surprised at how many adults wanted to decorate one too, so now I make extras, and everyone who wants to decorate one can.

Our son Tyler, made the green man and the American flag man
ornaments when he was in Jr. High.

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Recipe: Caramel Apple Cider

Caramel Apple Cider

1 gallon apple cider
6 cinnamon sticks
1(10 ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping
1 (14 ounce) can whipped topping

In slow cooker, combine cider and cinnamon sticks.  Cover.  Cook on low 2 to 4 hours.  In each mug, add 1  tablespoon caramel topping.  Add cider.Mix well.  Top each with whipped topping.  Drizzle caramel topping over top.  Makes 15 servings.

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I love the the fall!  It is my favorite time of the year.  The leaves on the trees turning bright beautiful colors, changing a boring drive into an exciting adventure!  The warm days and cool nights inspire me to sip hot drinks and make big pots of steaming soup.

This recipe tastes like a caramel apple in a cup!  I make up a big batch of this for the Fall Harvest party at our church.  The kids love it and always come back for seconds.  It is not the cider that they love, but the sweet and sticky caramel, that is in it and on top of it.  The tip off to that insight, is that they ask for extra caramel when I am preparing their mug of Caramel Apple Cider.

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