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The scent of cinnamon is one of the aromas that whisks me away to my childhood. I can see my mom stirring the Ponche (a festive punch around Navidad) and flipping the Buñuelos (crispy cinnamon sugar fried dough) in the kitchen. My brothers and I standing in the kitchen waiting for the first buñuelo to be ready, so we could fight over it. These nostalgic aromas remind me to share my culture, my heritage with my children!
So, for this holiday season, I got to making some cinnamon gingerbread men with my boys. Once again, the aroma coming from the kitchen while I baked our gingerbread men reminded me of my mom. We talked about what an amazing cook their “lita” (short for abuelita) is and how we are going to enjoy some buñuelos this Christmas with her and lito.
The delightful aroma of cinnamon is definitely etched in my senses and has left me with lots of sweet memories. I’m always amazed by the power of different scents and how it takes me to different times and places from long ago.
Since I don’t always have time to whip up some ponche, I am thankful for the Apple Cinnamon Cheer™ scent spray, that whisks me away to my childhood in a matter of seconds. It’s also perfect for when you’re having company
and didn’t have time to thoroughly clean the house. I’ll share my secret with you—sweep the entrance
and the room you’ll spend the most time in and then spray your favorite Glade® Winter Collection scent.
Cinnamon Salt Dough Ornaments
Note my secret ingredient to making this naturally brown dough is the molasses.
- 1 cup salt
- 2 – 3 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 cup hot water
- 1-2 tsp molasses
- optional – cloves
- Put salt and 2 cups of flour in bowl.
- Add 1- 2 teaspoon of molasses to hot water. Mix water and flour. If it’s too sticky add the rest of the flour little by little until it’s not sticky.
- Roll out dough ball and use cookie cutter to cut out gingerbread men.
- Use straw to make a hole for hanging.
- Lay ornaments out on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with cinnamon and add cloves for eyes and buttons.
- Either let air dry for several days or for about an 1-2 hours at 200 degrees or so.
Aren’t they so festive? Check out the ornaments in action over here on our Gingerbread Man theme Christmas Tree post, I think it turned out lovely.
Here’s my shop information so you can head down to your local HEB and get your own!
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I love these and the fact that they are scented. What a cute idea.
I LOVE what you did with the ribbon. It’s simple, yet totally classy. You’ve got the magic touch!
Love these cute gingerbread men as a garland or as individual ornaments. Love the smell of cinnamon too. You could even spray the gingerbread men lightly with the Glade spray if they ever start to lose their smell. Love it. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the cute gingerbread men – I never thought to add molasses for the brown color! Isn’t it funny how a scent can bring back so many memories? I think that’s why I like products like Glade, it’s such an easy way to change your whole mood for the better!
Those little guys are sooo cute! Love how you made them scented as well.
Scents are so powerful! My favorite is homemade bread baking, and pine trees. I love the idea of making gingerbread ornaments strung together. how cute!
I love these! We just made salt dough ornaments or the first time ever, but love the cinnamon and molasses addition!!
My little girl would live to make some of these. I keep seeing these Glade scents…I definitely need to pick up or two up…I love the scents of the holidays.
I remember making those as a kid – as for the glade, I bet it smells amazing!
They are truly adorable. I made these once with my little niece we had such a good time. I think it’s nice to have a product to bring in the clean smells of outside like Glade.
I love the Glade holiday scents – i always stock up so I can smell cinnamon and pine until may!
This would be so much fun to make with my kiddos this weekend.
These are so cute. What a fun idea for decorating.
Those little gingerbread men are really cute! I can see them being used in lots of decorating ideas for Christmas. I’ll have to check out the Glad sprays too – my husband loves those!
Oh I love these! What a great idea and you did a great job 🙂
We just made salt dough ornaments, too. I did a bunch of research to find a new recipe and had no luck, but your’s looks like it turned out great. I love that it has molasses and cinnamon in it. We will have to do these with the kiddos this weekend.
What a clever idea! I bet your house smells so yummy!
Those are absolutely adorable!! I can’t wait to try them with you secret ingredient!
The ornaments are really pretty and they must smell amazing. I would never have thought to use molasses. Great idea!
Those are super cute!! The pictures look fabulous!!
Those are so adorable! Love them. 🙂
I have a question, though about the Molasses.. It being sweet and sticky. Does it attract insects?
Nonna,
It hasn’t at my house. The salt in it far outweighs the amount of molasses the recipe calls for.
Thanks so much for sharing the recipe for your gingerbread men salt dough! Like you, certain scents bring back such fun memories! Gingerbread, clove, and cinnamon always remind me of fun Christmases! 🙂
Love the ornaments!! I agree that the right fragrance can take us back. Thanks for sharing! #client