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    Haunted Gingerbread House


    Source of Recipe


    Aunt Saunny

    Recipe Introduction


    Create a creepy gingerbread house decorated with your favorite candies and cookies. It's a fun project for the entire family!

    List of Ingredients




    Total: 2 hr 25 min
    Bake: 30 min
    Decorate: 1 hr 30 min

    Makes 30 servings

    1/2 cup packed brown sugar
    1/4 cup shortening
    3/4 cup full-flavor molasses
    1/3 cup cold water
    3 1/2 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour or unbleached flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon ground ginger
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
    1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    Decorating Frosting (below)
    Assorted candies and cookies

    Recipe



    1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease square pan, 9x9x2 inches, and jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch.

    2. Stir together brown sugar, shortening and molasses in large bowl; stir in water. Stir in remaining ingredients except frosting and candies. Press one-third of the dough into square pan; press remaining dough into jelly roll pan.

    3. Bake 1 pan at a time about 15 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched in center. Cool 5 minutes; turn upside down onto large cutting surface. Immediately cut as shown in diagram (cut windows if desired). Cool completely.

    4. Decorate front of house as desired using Decorating Frosting and assorted candies and cookies. For windows as shown in photo, cut yellow tissue paper slightly larger than outline of windows. Brush paper with vegetable oil and "glue" to back side of windows, using frosting. Use
    frosting to attach supports to back of house, sidewalk to front of house, door and sign to front of house and fence to sidewalk. Complete decorating as desired.


 

 

 


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