More Fall fun

I love the smells of Fall...pumpkin, cinnamon, etc...So I was excited to try this cinnamon play dough recipe! Caylin had a blast making "cookies" with this yummy smelling play dough for daddy with Fall leaf and pumpkin cookie cutters. Then, of course, after "making cookies" Caylin pretended the play dough was her baby.

Cinnamon Play Dough

Ingredients
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup salt
5 teaspoons cinnamon (I also added all spice)
2 tablespoons of oil
1 cup warm water
2 or 3 drops of food coloring

Instructions
Combine dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
Add the oil and food coloring to the water before adding to the dry ingredient mixture.
Keep stirring until the dough forms a ball.
If the mixture seems too dry, add a small amount of water. If the mixture seems too sticky, try adding a bit of flour.
Knead the cinnamon dough mixture on a lightly floured surface until it becomes pliable.

We also had a yummy baking day. We made gluten/egg free pumpkin bread that was actually pretty tasty. I just followed the recipe on the back of the Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Flour and substituted pumpkin for bananas. Also sprinkled brown sugar on the top. Since we use an egg alternative, the girls went to town on the batter (with out worrying about salmonella, which I sure don't remember worrying about as a kid, but whatever).

Some funnies:

Me: Caylin you smell like cinnamon!

Caylin: Yeah, cause I been a mommy.

Anika came out with a box of tampons wanting to open them like they were food and Caylin said "Those aren't treats, those are knee pads"