Recipes for Gingerbread House

Ingredients

5 cups sifted Flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Ginger
1 t. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
1/2 tsp. Cloves
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Margarine or Butter
1 cup Unsulfered Molasses

Melt margarine or butter in saucepan. Add sugar and molasses. Sift dry ingredients together.
Add 4 cups of dry ingredients to margarine, sugar and molasses mixture. Blend well. Add
remaining cup of dry ingredients.

Roll out on lightly floured board. Cut into house shape. Cut 2 roof pieces, cut
2 side pieces, cut 2 front/back pieces.

Cut out window and/or door if desired.

Bake on lightly greased, or parchment paper lined cookie sheet at 375 degress for 12-15 minutes.

Yield-About 2 houses and several little gingerbread men.


Frosting for Gingerbread House
Royal Icing

Ingredients

1 lb. powdered (confectioner's) sugar
4 T. meringue powder, or 3 egg whites
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
dash of salt
7 T. water

Sift powdered sugar and cream of tartar. Combine all ingredients
and whip 8 minutes at high speed in electric mixer.

Keep bowl covered with damp cloth, preventing icing from
hardening while you work.


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