Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Hi does anyone have a playdough recipe that does not use cream of tartar? Local Tescos say that it has been discontinued!! !! I have made playdough for years but always with the same recipe which includes cream of tartar Being observed tomorrow so I need to make sure the children can actually use whatever I make Thankyou
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Cream of tartar is a preservative which means the dough lasts for a wekk.If you are being observed tomorrow make the dough without it will be ok.But it is worrying I had a dough question this week so will ask... Before I experiment has anyone made dough in a microwave or has a recipe for one?
Shiny Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 This will make a glossy, glitter dough. You will need: * 3 cups of plain flour * 1 cup of salt * 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil * tablespoon of black non-toxic paint * water for mixing * silver glitter Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl and add enough water and paint to make a stiff dough with a dark colour. The children might like to help you make it! And tell Tesco they are depriving young children of a valuable learning resource!
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Do Tesco's mean their own brand? We use 'Supercook' brand-is that being discontinued?
Shiny Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Cream of tartar is a preservative which means the dough lasts for a wekk.If you are being observed tomorrow make the dough without it will be ok.But it is worrying I had a dough question this week so will ask... Before I experiment has anyone made dough in a microwave or has a recipe for one? I hope you don't have trouble getting cream of tartar. This is the one I have with preschool dough recipes but have not tried it myself! MICROWAVE PLAYDOUGH 2 mugs of plain flour 2 mugs of salt 2 mugs of cold water 2 tspns of oil food colouring 4 tspns of Cream of Tartar Mix all ingredients together in large microwavable bowl. Cook in microwave for 1 minute on high power. Remove and stir well. Cook in microwave for 1 minute more. Knead well Let me know!
Rea Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 PLAYDOUGH The above link will take you to some other playdough discussions.
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Well i sent the hubby and thats what tescos told him!!!!! No tescos own and no supercook either!!!! I did find a few dregs in an old tub so have just made some in the microwave but its seems a bit sticky????? I will save yopur recipes though for future use Thankyou all so much x
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 we always make our playdoh in microwave with children involved all the way- apart from hot bits, obviously! good KUW opportunity. Thought it was just my Tesco that had no c of t- didn't realise it was national- will have to stockpile from Sainsburys!
mundia Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 you can get 500g packs of cream of tartar from here You do have to pay postage but I think it still works out cheaper than if you buy the small packs from the shops. We bought some last year and it lasted us all year.
Sue R Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 You star, mundia!!! Not just the cream of tartar, but so many brilliant ideas!!!!! Last summer I despaired of getting a mark out of a favourite cream skirt, then remembered mum rinsing my blonde sister's hair in a diluted lemon juice rinse - so I squirted the offending area with lemon juice and pegged out on a sunny day..... VOILA! miracle results Stumbled on by accident, but now proven.
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 I seem to be on my own here...............but I have never used cream of tartar in playdough! We don't cook our playdough either and it usually last a good few days. We also let the children make the playdough independantly. ( I am in Pre-school setting) I am working on recipe sheets for them to follow I will try and attach one as an example. We put the ingrediants out on the table and leave them to it. The next recipe sheet will probably be made by the children using photographs as on this one I forgot to put in where to add the colour which was pointed out to me by a 3 year old!! playdough.doc
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Please note this is work in progress and the recipe needs tweaking it was more the idea I was sharing than the actual recipe!!
Inge Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Use microiwave reciepe as above but it takes longer than 2 mins!! We just microwave standard reciepe too, it works OK. Is it just us but all we get is sticky dough at the mment. Asda still do cream of tartar and cheaper than tesco did. Inge
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 microwave playdough: 2 cups of plain flour 2 cups of salt 1 1/2 cups water 4 tsps cream of tartar 2tbls cooking oil food coluring Mix all ingredients together. Microwave for 60 secs, take out and mix. Put back in microwave for 90 seconds. Mix again. Back in microwave for 30 seconds. Comes out a little sticky sometimes, but just add some more flour. Lasts about 4/6 weeks.
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 What a great idea Wendles- I never thought of letting the children make it without an adultt. It would be brilliant because it always ties up an adult when they could be doing other stuff. All of my children have had a chance of making it with an adult previously so I suppose this would be the next step. I will have to change my recipe though as we always use the microwave- it lasts for 2-3 weeks! You have definately given me something to think about!
Guest Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I have the most excellent playdough recipe and i made some about 6 weeks ago and it's still going strong!! (Stored in the fridge that is!) Dry Ingredients 1 cup of flour half cup of salt 1 tbsp cream of tartar Wet Ingredients 1 Cup of boiling water from kettle then add to the water 1tbsp of oil and a few drops of your chosen colour, then simply add to the dry ingredients and stir! No cooking, no microwaving and it's super soft and lasts for ages!! aisha xoxo
Verona Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I have always used cream of tartar in the different playdoughs I've made, without it ends up sticky. I went into Tesco today and couldn't find the c of t on the shelf where it usually is. I asked at the help desk, the lady looked on the computer and told me that was no stock on the shelf (I told her that !!!) She did tell me though, that on 3 March they were REINTRODUCING it. I suppose that means that it will be in a newly designed tub and, of course, cost more !!! I have some left in the tub here at home - so I guess I can wait for the REINTRODUCTION of the cream of tartar at Tesco Sue J
emmajess Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 In your recipe, when you say add the colour, do you use food colouring or paint? I am totally obsessed with finding he holy grail of the perferct playdough recipe! I read an article in EYE years ago that said to always use ready mixed paint as it will produce more vivid coloured playdough, but when I make playdough with paint rather than food colouring, it's always a it sticky, especially after a day of being used. Does anyone have excellent playdough recipe using ready mixed paint? I want to do fluorescent playdough... I have the most excellent playdough recipe and i made some about 6 weeks ago and it's still going strong!! (Stored in the fridge that is!) Dry Ingredients 1 cup of flour half cup of salt 1 tbsp cream of tartar Wet Ingredients 1 Cup of boiling water from kettle then add to the water 1tbsp of oil and a few drops of your chosen colour, then simply add to the dry ingredients and stir! No cooking, no microwaving and it's super soft and lasts for ages!! aisha xoxo
Guest Posted April 10, 2008 Posted April 10, 2008 In your recipe, when you say add the colour, do you use food colouring or paint?I am totally obsessed with finding he holy grail of the perferct playdough recipe! I read an article in EYE years ago that said to always use ready mixed paint as it will produce more vivid coloured playdough, but when I make playdough with paint rather than food colouring, it's always a it sticky, especially after a day of being used. Does anyone have excellent playdough recipe using ready mixed paint? I want to do fluorescent playdough... i use powder paint which stops it going sticky!!
Guest Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 Sorry for the late reply but I use food colouring(the little liquid bottles), I had a cake decorating phase so I've got loads! Lol! By mixing the colours you can get some beautiful shades, My fav is purple!! This really is a good recipe xoxo aisha
Marion Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 SueJ it is a pretty new tub I got some last week it has a picture of a cream scone on the front going to make blue dough with orange smell
Emmawill Posted April 12, 2008 Posted April 12, 2008 Can anyone help? we are a;ll having trouble making our playdough as it is really crumbely and the last time we made it we had to involve the children in a group scrap the floor activity as the mess was horrendous!!!!!!!! the recipe that we were given is 2 cups of flour,1cup salt,1tablespoon oil,1tablespoon creaam of tartre,water and food colouring mixed. any advice would be gratefully received as we have just brought some lovely new playdough tools and also downloaded great playdough resource from sparkle box which we want to use.
Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Posted April 12, 2008 Playdough making is def. a skill and even when you have perfected it - it can suddenly disappear. I make playdough regularly to the above recipe and then suddenly for no apparent reason it will go wrong i.e. go sticky within a day. We blame the flour, the weather, the way it is played with but no-one has ever been able to say why this happens. And then the next lot can be fine. Does it happen to anyone else?
Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Posted April 12, 2008 One of my staff organises a 'playdough and pizza' evening about once a term. About half a dozen parents spend a social evening making a huge batch of playdough in different colours, adding scents, glitter etc. It is all stored in airtight tubs and we just bring out whichever colour suits what we are doing. It will usually last all term. (unless its been spread round the room and tramped into the carpet!)
Emmawill Posted April 12, 2008 Posted April 12, 2008 just tried the playdough recipe with kettle water this is the best playdough i have made thanks for the details. i have had a practice run with my own children 2 and a half and a 9 year old . they each made their own batch with my help withthe water. Im off to buy bulk loads of ingredients for the preschool kids to make next week.!!!!!!!!!!!
Guest Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 just tried the playdough recipe with kettle water this is the best playdough i have made thanks for the details. i have had a practice run with my own children 2 and a half and a 9 year old . they each made their own batch with my help withthe water. Im off to buy bulk loads of ingredients for the preschool kids to make next week.!!!!!!!!!!! No problem!! I did exactly the same thing, my son came down the next morning and had 4 different coloured playdough to play with, he was over the moon and i really enjoyed making it!! I can't take the credit as it was something I found on the net, i searched for ages for the perfect recipe - i'm too lazy to bother with saucepans and microwaves! aisha xoxo
Verona Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 Yes, Marion, I have now got some cream of tartar. As it has been off the shelves for some time, I have asked various friends to keep a look out for me and lo and behold I've had quite a few phone calls from friends this week, saying they have bought the cream of tartar when they saw it at the supermarket. I AM NOW THE OWNER OF 9 TUBS OF CREAM OF TARTAR !!!!! Sue J
Inge Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 cream of Tartar is a powder found in the baking section of a supermarket.. used in cooking... but to be honest have never seen a recipe with it in! (other than playdough..)
Panders Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Playdough making is def. a skill and even when you have perfected it - it can suddenly disappear. I make playdough regularly to the above recipe and then suddenly for no apparent reason it will go wrong i.e. go sticky within a day. We blame the flour, the weather, the way it is played with but no-one has ever been able to say why this happens. And then the next lot can be fine. Does it happen to anyone else? Yes I have found the same thing happening, I think it becomes sticky when it hasn't been cooked long enough in the first instance. I have never been successful with the hot water from the kettle version either, has to be the saucepan job for me!
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