Gluten Free Play Dough Recipe!
I was asked to find a GLUTEN FREE play dough recipe, and this one, originally from the Celiac Disease Foundation, seems to work best…
Easiest Gluten-Free Play Dough Recipe
Ingredients:
160g White Rice Flour
65g Cornstarch
136g Salt
1 tbsp Cream of Tartar
1-1/2 tsp vegetable oil
235ml Water, hot but not boiling
Food Colouring, as desired
Directions:
- Mix all dry ingredients together in a medium pan.
- Add the vegetable oil, then the water, and continue to mix until thoroughly combined.
- Heat the pan on the stove over low heat for about 3 minutes, stir frequently with a (silicone) spatula.
- When the dough starts to pull away from the sides easily, turn out the dough onto parchment paper. Let it cool briefly until you can work it with your hands.
- Divide into portions and knead food colouring into the dough until you get the colours you desire.
Additional Notes:
- Don’t overcook the dough. It shouldn’t need more than five minutes.
- To add food colouring, using your thumbs, make a well in the middle of the ball of dough and drop the food colouring into the well. Close up the well with the outside dough, keeping the food colouring in the middle of the ball. Then, carefully begin kneading it until the colour is evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- You don’t have to use the parchment paper. The dough shouldn’t be sticky – greaseproof paper or a plate would work just as well.
- If needed, adjust the texture with small amounts of water (for dry, crumbly dough) or cornstarch (for sticky dough).
- Makes equivolent of about 2 tennis-balls of play dough.
- Store in tightly sealed plastic bags or containers.
See the Summer 2016 issue of Creative Steps for an easy CLOUD DOUGH recipe too!
