How to Make a Salt Dough Heart

Learn how to make salt dough hearts with a hole for a hanging string in this easy step-by-step Valentine's Day tutorial!

Using this easy salt dough recipe tutorial, make a batch of salt dough.
Mix 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of salt in a mixing bowl.
Slowly stir in one cup of water, adding it in small amounts and mixing thoroughly with each addition.
Knead the dough for 5 minutes, let it rest for 10 minutes, and place it in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to make it easier to handle.
Roll the chilled dough out onto a flour-coated cutting board, using a flour-coated rolling pin to keep it from sticking.
Roll the dough to a little less than ¼" thick.
Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of the dough.
Place the dough hearts onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
Use a drinking straw to add a hole to the top of each heart.
Bake the salt dough hearts in a 250 degree Fahrenheit oven for 2+ hours or until they are hard.
You can also leave them out to air dry, but this will take at least 2-3 days, depending on the temperature and humidity levels of your house.
Tie a piece of twine through the hanging hole and knot the top.
Your salt dough heart is done!

You can double, triple, or halve the salt dough recipe to make a larger or smaller amount of salt dough. As long as the proportions of ingredients are the same, the recipe will work!
Mix the water in slowly, stirring each increment in fully before adding more.
Refrigerate the dough before rolling it out for the cookie cutters. This helps decrease the stickiness of the dough.