Play Dough

I am used to having to worry about food when my daughter goes over to friends to play, but toys?

And then I heard about play dough. My daughter wanted me to buy her some.

“Oh no!,”a voice inside my head screamed.

Where has she seen play dough? Has she played with it, gotten it on her hands, ingested it. Will there be a reaction? Will I be the last to know?

I admit I panicked a bit but my daughter seemed O.K.

I quickly called Betsy’s mom to confirm and she told me that the girls had indeed spent the afternoon playing with play dough. She hadn’t realized it would be a problem. Hadn’t thought that play dough meant flour.Betsy’s mom is usually so good with keeping gluten-free treats in her house for my daughter. So now she knows. But my daughter wants to play with play dough.

So what did I do? What any young mom would do. I looked up play dough on the internet and besides those gluten-free products that you can buy, you can also make your own.

Here is the basic recipe that I found on many different sites. The main ingredients are rice flour (instead of wheat) and cornstarch.

My daughter and I are both happy now. (So is Betsy when she comes here to play.)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup rice flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon cooking oil
Food coloring as desired

Directions:
Mix ingredients. Cook and stir on low heat for 3 minutes or until it forms a ball. Cool completely and then store in re-sealable plastic bags.



2 Responsesto “Play Dough”

1. Karen says:

   October 18, 2010 at 6:30 pm

   Thanks so much for the playdough recipe. I have all of those ingredients in my pantry:)We use unsweetened drink mix to add color and sent.