How To: Cinnamon Ornaments

Hey lovelies, I’d like to share one of my favorite Christmas family traditions today.  Every year my mom used to make cinnamon ornaments both for our tree and to give as gifts, and this year I made my own! 

They are SO easy, inexpensive, and fragrant like you wouldn’t believe.  These little guys are pure happiness to me, and the smell of the ornaments combined with the fragrance of real, fresh balsam? H.E.A.V.E.N.

Make them.  There are two ingredients.  (Recipe below)

     

Cinnamon Ornaments

You’ll need:
     + cookie cutters (I used a tree and a gingerbread man)
     + a rolling pin
     + a cookie sheet
     + a straw (a toothpick would work too, but not as well)
     + a mixing bowl
     + wax paper (or just use your clean counter)
     + thin ribbon or yarn
     + 1 cup of applesauce
     + 1 cup of cinnamon

Instructions:
     Combine applesauce and cinnamon, stirring with a spoon at first and then mixing with your hands until a dough is formed.  Roll the dough out on wax paper or your clean countertop until it’s the thickness you’d like your ornaments to be.  You don’t want them paper thin or they will break easily!  Now use cookie cutters to create your ornaments—use up all the dough you can!  Lay the ornaments on a cookie sheet, and don’t forget to use your straw to make a hole for ribbon at the top of each ornament!  Allow them to dry a couple days, turning occasionally.  And remember, they are NOT edible!  Yuck! :P

Yields approximately 16 ornaments. Hope you try them!

PS – Another cinnamon tip: add a bit to your ground coffee before you brew it, and then just add milk and sugar (or don’t).  It’s a delicious, festive treat!