Cinnamon Pomanders
2 cups powdered cinnamon, 1 to 1/2 cups smooth apple sauce, plastic drinking straw, tiny dried flowers, narrow ribbons, hot glue or duco cement Mix the cinnamon with 1 cup of applesauce. The mixture will be dry and crumbly. Knead in more applesauce, a little at a time, until the mixture turns into a very firm sort of "clay". It should not be sticky. Dust your cookie mold with cinnamon, and press in an egg-shaped piece of your cinnamon "clay". You will have to press firmly and level the back well. You may want to use a small, sharp knife to trim off extra "clay". If the mixture starts sticking to your hands, dust them with cinnamon. Hold the filled cookie mold perpendicular to a wooden board. (I use a plastic cutting board or a piece of scrap wood from a lumber yard so as not to put dents into my good cutting board) and rap it quite hard several times, just as you would if you were making cookies. The edge of the cinnamon pomander should start to come away from the mold.