Not everything that is made here at PepperPot is done with a sewing machine. Like a lot of others we have spent plenty of time recently baking in the kitchen. From onion bhajis to peanut butter cookies, we have baked a lot. Here are last weeks makes – chocolate orange muffins and a white chocolate and raspberry loaf cake. Good work kids!
While baking is a brilliant way to fill an afternoon – whether you’re baking by yourself or having fun as a family – it can be difficult to keep up with all the extra calories.
One thing that always keeps my children entertained is making putty and slime. I’ve managed to steer clear of the many complex recipes I have seen over the years. However, when I find a simple, easy recipe then I know I am on to a winner.
Edible putty recipe
Now I am always more in favour of putty making than slime making. Putty has a nice texture and seems less likely to destroy all soft furnishings in its path. If putty falls on the floor you pick it up. If slime falls on the floor you buy a new carpet.
The recipe I used here is described as edible slime, but I have called it putty as it is much more that type of texture when made.
The recipe I have used is from the Hobbycraft website and came as an email from their mailing list one day. They had three options but we went with the chocolate one.
Ingredients
There are just 5 items required to make this putty, and you might just have them all in your kitchen cupboards already. You will need:
- 1/4 cup golden syrup
- 1/2 cup cornflour
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp oil
- chocolate chunks (optional)
Instructions
Start by warming the syrup in the microwave for 30 seconds to soften it.
Add in the cornflour and mix them together to combine. Then add the cocoa powder and mix that in too. We found this took a little bit of time and some arm muscles to get it all mixed together.
Next, add in the oil and mix it into the putty with your hands. The kids loved this bit! The oil in the recipe was enough to make a good putty consistency for us, but if yours is dry then add a little bit more oil.
If you want to add chocolate chunks then you can mix them in too with your hands. At this point my children decided they liked it as it was so we kept the chocolate chunks for another day.
Play, eat, repeat
Once the putty was made it was time for fun – playing with putty and having a nibble along the way.
We kept the putty in pots for a couple of days. It will harden up when left, especially if kept in a fridge, but it soon softens up again.
There you go, all the fun of baking, but with fewer calories to consume! If anyone has any other easy putty recipes – edible or otherwise – let me know.