Play Dough - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 c. flour
1 c. salt
1/4 c. powdered alum
4 c. water
1/2 c. salad oil
1 tsp. food coloring

Preparation

Mix the first 3 ingredients thoroughly.
In a pan, boil and stir the remaining ingredients. After this has come to a boil, pour it over the dry ingredients and stir.
It will look a mess and be too hot to handle.
Let it set until it is cool enough to handle.
Knead until soft.
The trick to good play dough is in the kneading.
Store at room temperature in a Ziploc bag.