Here’s a quick recipe for lasting Christmas ornaments.

All’s ya need is cinnamon, applesauce and glue.

You read that right: cinnamon, applesauce, and glue.

Mix together a full cup of cinnamon, 3/4 cup applesauce, and 2 tablespoons of glue. It starts out easy to mix with a spoon, but eventually you’ll want to knead it with your hands. If the mixture is too dry…..add a little more applesauce, if it’s too moist….add more cinnamon.

You know the drill….

Once it’s well-mixed, roll the dough out on a well-cinnamon-ed surface until it’s about 1/2 inch thick.

I used a star-shaped cookie cutter to cut out my cookies. It’s honestly my favorite. But this project would work just as well with a ginger-man shape too.

Arrange the cookies on a cookie sheet spaced evenly to dry.

With a drinking straw, poke holes into two sides of the cookies. Y’all are gunna love where this step is headed.

Trust me.

If your home is dry enough, the ornaments will air-dry hard in a few days.

If you’re impatient, like me, pop them into a 200 degree oven for a few hours.

I hope I can accurately describe the smell of them baking; it’s like the house fills with a warm cinnamon explosion.

Once the “cookies”are hard, you can thread them onto a ribbon. I used a red/white striped 1” grosgrain ribbon from PaperMart.com. Cut the ribbon into a sharp point and thread it from the back first leaving a striped piece across the middle of the star.

Be prepared to re-cut the ribbon several times so it will keep slipping into the holes.

I ran a string of these stars on top of the cedar garland on the mantle in our den.

Pretty charming.

Am I right?