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Haunted Gingerbread House




Source of Recipe


Marla


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




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

Decorating Frosting

1 1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon full-flavor molasses




Recipe



Heat oven to 350:F.

Grease square pan, 9x9x2 inches, and jelly
roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch.

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 remianing dough into jelly roll pan.

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.


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.


Decorating Frosting

Mix 1 cup of the powdered sugar and the remaining
ingredients until smooth.

Stir in enough remaining powdered sugar to make
stiff frosting. (If frosting becomes too stiff,
stir in additional milk.)

Tips:
,cake
Special Touch
Invite neighborhood kids over for a house
decorating party. Have the cookie base
made and assembled, and set toppings out
in separate bowls.

Make a batch of gingersnaps to serve to your
crew. Decorating a house can be hard work!