Cinnamon applesauce ornaments are the perfect activity to make with kids over the holiday season. We have made these several times around here and loved them! They also hold up really well and add an amazing aroma to your Christmas tree. So, if you have an afternoon with the kids between now and Christmas, be sure to whip up a batch of cinnamon ornaments!
This was first published on December 13, 2010 but I am reposting with more information.
Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments
Ingredients
- ¾ cup applesauce
- 1 ¼ cup ground cinnamon
- Waxed paper
- Cookie cutters
- Straw or bamboo skewer
- Ribbon for hanging
How to Make Cinnamon Ornaments
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl, mix together applesauce and cinnamon to form a clay-like dough.
Roll out dough between sheets of waxed paper to about ½ inch thick. Cut using cookie cutters. Using a straw or bamboo skewer, create a hole for hanging the ornament. Transfer ornaments to a baking sheet. Bake for 2 ½ hours. Remove from oven and place ornaments in a cooling rack.
Allow ornaments to dry on the cooling rack for 24 to 48 hours, turning occasionally. Add a ribbon to ornaments for hanging or to attach to packages.
These are so easy to make and one recipe for these cinnamon applesauce ornaments will make a bunch. You can make these in any shape that you like. You can even add designs to your ornaments with tools before baking.
These also make a great holiday tradition. Get the kids together and make a batch of these every year. Your home will smell amazing and they will love adding their own personal ornaments to the tree year after year.
You can also keep these and use them year after year. The ornaments hold up great and even hold some of their fragrance. Although, the aroma will fade over the years.
Love these cinnamon apple sauce ornaments and want more ideas? Try the links below!
- Christmas Shapes SVG Files for Free
- Wooden Christmas Tree to Make Yourself
- Christmas Jars Turned Into a Nativity Scene
- Baby’s First Christmas Ornament Free SVG File
- Cookies for Santa Plate SVG
Want to print this recipe for homemade ornaments? Try the recipe card below!
Equipment
- Waxed paper
- Cookie cutters
- Straw or bamboo skewer
Supplies
- ¾ cup applesauce
- 1 ¼ cup ground cinnamon
- Ribbon for hanging
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl, mix together applesauce and cinnamon to form a clay-like dough.
- Roll out dough between sheets of waxed paper to about ½ inch thick. Cut using cookie cutters. Using a straw or bamboo skewer, create a hole for hanging the ornament. Transfer ornaments to a baking sheet. Bake for 2 ½ hours. Remove from oven and place ornaments in a cooling rack.
- Allow ornaments to dry on the cooling rack for 24 to 48 hours, turning occasionally. Add a ribbon to ornaments for hanging or to attach to packages.
I think my mom made these when I was really little! Love it!
So cute! We never got to do our blog ad swap but I’m up for a giveaway from my Etsy shop!
Jeanine
I make these every year and tie one to each gift I give. They work great in the car!
I made these with my kids years ago.. mostly because we didn’t have a lot of money and tried to do everything homemade!! Love this idea..very nostalgic!!
Very cute! I remember seeing these as a kid and I’d love to make them now!
Those are so cute! I have never made cookie ornaments, are you supposed to eat them at the end of the season or are they just decoration? I remember making cookie ornaments when I was little but don’t remember what we did with them…
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These are so cute! You should add them to my Cookie Exchange Blog Hop!
These are so cute! I’ve never made these. Years ago we made salt dough cookie ornaments …I think that is what they’re called…the kids made them and painted them. always fun to make ornaments!
I made these years ago too and had forgotten about them. They make the house smell devine!
We used to make these every year – they smell so good and are cute tied onto gifts. (: Might have to do it again this year.
Great and fun idea to do with the kids!
How many does this recipe make?
It is going to depend on the size of your cookie cutters but it will make several. Mabye 16 of the size shown?
Thank You!!!