Iced Cinnamon Ornaments

The warm, comforting, Christmasy smell of these ornaments will fill your home all season long. Disclaimer: These are NOT edible! Please see note at the bottom for more information.

Ingredients

1 ¼ cup cinnamon seasoning, plus more for rolling
½ Tbsp nutmeg seasoning, plus more for rolling
½ Tbsp allspice seasoning
1 cup + 2 Tbsp applesauce
White Puff Paint
Fine White Glitter

Tools & Timing

Large mixing bowl
Beaters (optional but recommended)
Cutting board
Rolling pin
Cookie cutters
Cookie spatula
2 baking sheets
Parchment paper
Wire cooling rack (same size as baking sheet)
Tongs
Timing: 15 minutes to prep, 2 – 2 ½ hours to bake; various time to decorate (depending on how detailed you want them)!

Background

A few years ago, I published a recipe for making a garland (and other décor) with cinnamon ornaments, oven-dried oranges, and cranberries. This year, I wanted to try something new…so I decided I wanted to make the ornaments look more like traditional gingerbread cookies…so I bought some puff paint and glitter…and voila!

These cinnamon ornaments are adapted from Completely Delicious

Step-by-step

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees.
Combine all ingredients in prep bowl. Mix until blended.
Test the dough for readiness: You want the dough to be slightly sticky without being too wet…you can take a pretty good guess while the dough is still in the bowl, but you’ll really know when you roll out your dough if you’re good to go: if the dough cracks when you try to roll it, it’s too dry…put it back in the bowl and blend in a bit more applesauce…however, if the dough is too sticky to roll, put it back in the bowl and add more cinnamon.
Once your dough is ready, roll it out using the same process you would for cookie dough: Shape it into a ball. Sprinkle your cutting board with some cinnamon and a bit of nutmeg. Place the ball into the middle of your sprinkled spices and press gently to create a flat surface. Sprinkle this with a few more spices, then begin to roll out your dough to ¼ in thickness. Be sure to change directions with your rolling pin to ensure that you roll out your dough evenly.
Cover one baking sheet with parchment paper.
Dip your cookie cutters into a bit of cinnamon and cut out desired shapes. Use your cookie spatula to transfer your ornaments to this baking sheet.
Continue process until you have used all of the dough – you can gather up the scraps and reshape/reroll them one more time if desired.

Bake

Place baking sheet in the oven and set the timer for 2 hours.
After 2 hours, check your cinnamon ornaments: if they aren’t dry, flip them and return them to the oven for an additional 30 minutes. If they are done, remove them from the oven.
Let them cool before you decorate (I gave mine a few hours).
Use your puff paint to create beautiful designs…add a sprinkle of glitter for additional holiday sparkle!
Use to decorate! You can hang these on your tree or use them on a wreath – so fun!

*These are NOT edible! My husband really wanted to know what would happen if he ate one, so we googled how much cinnamon a person can have in one day…a bite of one of these would be toxic! They are for décor only! If you have curious little ones or pets, these may not be the craft for you!