A New Field
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Recipe

Salt dough

Flour, salt and water kneaded into a dough, baked until hard. Forage adds texture, colour and smell.

Every A New Field recipe has been run in a domestic kitchen or community hall. Read the safety notes before you start and adapt for your venue.

What you’ll make

Hard, salty, paintable. Will soften in damp conditions unless sealed.

Flexible slots (flex around your material)

  • Character (optional)

    Cellulose-rich powder100g

    Fine, dry, ground-up plant matter. Acts as filler and body in composites and doughs.

    Examples Bark powder, pine-needle powder, ash, coffee, sawdust

    Note — One third of the dry weight.

Fixed ingredients

  • Strong flour · 200g — Develops gluten for structure.
  • Salt · 100g
  • Vinegar · 1 tbsp — Reduces puffing.
  • Water · 125ml — Adjust to dough consistency.

Equipment

  • Bowl
  • oven
  • rolling pin
  • baking tray.

Refinements and variations

  • Swap the foraged powder for bark, pine needles, ash, sawdust, or ground walnut shell
  • Add scent with dried lavender.

Source notes

A New Field kit staple (see Salt Dough report, 2023).