Salt Dough Knots

What you'll need:

Flour

Salt

Hot water

Oil

Tin foil/parchment paper

Step 1: Make dough

Add 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of salt to a big mixing bowl. Slowly stir in 2 cups of hot water to make a dough consistency, then add in 1 tbsp of oil.

Step 2: Make first knot

Take half of the dough, and roll it into a log. Then form a circle, using a bit of water to seal the ends together.

Step 3: Partially cook first knot

Microwave the first knot for 1-2 minutes at 30 second intervals until it begins to harden. It won't be cooked all the way through, but just enough to hold it's shape. The outside should begin to feel leathery when it's done. Be careful!! Mine were incredibly hot after being microwaved.

Step 4: Make second knot

Repeat step 2 and 3 to make and precook your second knot, except this time, don't seal the ends with water - just leave them next to each other (you can see a clear division in the picture above). You leave the ends unsealed so that you can connect the two knots together before baking.

Step 5: Connect knots

Now, with both knots partially cooked, thread knot two through knot one, and seal the unsealed edge with water. You can reform them as needed.

Step 6: Bake

Prop your knots up on tin foil or parchment paper and bake at 250 until hard. Mine took about 4 hours.

Step 7: Sand

Mine came out with a few more cracks than I would like, so once they cooled down, I used some sandpaper to even them out.

I plan to leave mine natural, but I've also seen some people spray paint them which looks cool! They may not be perfect, but they get the job done. Plus most of these products we probably all have on hand, so this was another great free DIY.