The playdough recipe

[obbie]

I never wait for it to cool down..

[phatassphairy]

turned out perfect and i even popped a bit of glitter into it while doing the final kneading  ...cause the baby girl needs bling bling if she is going to be a diva one day !!!

thanks for the tweaking

[obbie]

Love the glitter idea. I sometimes put essential oil like lavender in.

[maddy]

I made 3 batches with Faffa's tweaked recipe. http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1279.msg11255#msg11255
Can you believe this is the first time I've ever made playdough......and the funny thing is, it wasn't even for kids to play with 



Perfect base for sticking in some sweets.

[Monikaos]

Hi
Where do I get the food coloring and cream of Tatar from ?
Thanks

[judydawn]

Any supermarket stocks those items Monikaos.  The cream of tartar will be near the flour, usually up on the top shelf in my supermarket and the food colouring is in the section a bit further along the same aisle with cake making items.

[Monikaos]

Found it
Thanks

[loubrown]

Hi

I have made the Thermomix play dough using the tweaked recipe (280g of flour and 15g oil) several times now, and sometimes my dough forms a nice neat ball when kneaded, but most times it's like it's being shredded and comes out looking like suet.... Does anyone else have this issue?

[Kimmyh]

No I haven't had that problem. Can you knead it into a ball by hand?

[fundj&e]

i havnt made playdough yet, maybe i will try it next year 

welcome to the forum  loubrown 

[loubrown]

Thanks for the reply.... I can knead it by hand, but that sort of defeats the purpose and I'd like to make and sell playdough at a school fair coming up, and it doesn't show the machines kneading capability in the best light if I have to do it by hand!! 

Before kneading I have tried waiting for the dough to completely cool, letting it cool to 37, not waiting for it to cool at all, and the same thing happens!  I also add my food colour in step 1.

[Jamberie]

I often make the playdough from the EDC (I got my EDC & TMX last year) and haven't had a problem (except for the time I added too much oil......). I add my food colouring to the water so it doesn't need kneading in at the end and I never wait for it to cool down. I'm not sure why it would come out 'shredded'...Perhaps if you are not using the  setting? Sorry I can't be of much help...but playdough would be a great item to sell at a school fair. I am often asked to make it for my teacher colleagues because the TMX makes it so smooth and lovely to use.

[loubrown]

Thanks Jamberie - it sounds like you and I are doing it exactly the same... hmmm..  Do you add your oil at the end?

[cecilia]

Dear Faffa,
Thank you for your playdough recipe.  I made twelve batches of it before a Mothers' Day market stall today plus demonstrated it for about four hours whenever kids paused at our stall.  It was foolproof.
Yellow was the most popular colour.
Greetings and thanks.
cecilia