Play Dough

Play Dough (Graded - Great)

3/4 cup rice flour
1/4 cup of corn starch
1/4 cup of salt
1 tsp of Alum or Cream of Tartar
Food coloring, gf paint (Discount School Supply) or Kool-Aid
1 Tblsp of cooking oil
1 cup hot water

Heat all dry ingredients in a saucepan slowly over Med heat, while stirring until a ball forms. Knead until smooth. Store in an airtight container.

Explanation of the cooking chemistry: Flour and water make a paste. Wheat flour releases gluten from the proteins as it is stirred which makes it sticky. Salt strengthens the gluten bonds. Rice flour has protein that also forms bonds.
You can find Alum or Cream of Tartar at any grocery store.