Food Network: Gingerbread House

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Gingerbread House
Recipe courtesy Walt Wanner

Ingredients
5 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup solid vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups dark molasses
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Frosting, either store-bought or homemade
Brightly colored candies such as gumdrops, licorice, peppermint sticks,
etc.

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix 5 cups of flour, the ginger and baking soda in a large bowl. Set aside.

Cream shortening and sugar in large bowl with mixer. Add molasses and lightly
beaten eggs. Blend well. Gradually add dry ingredients. Knead in remaining flour,
if necessary. Chill dough 1 hour for best rolling results.

Lightly grease cookie sheets. Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thick directly onto
cookie sheets. Cut patterns, removing excess dough. Chill 10 minutes before
baking. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes.

Let cookies cool.

Next, to assemble house, you will want to make a simple cardboard house to use as
your base to help hold the house together. Begin applying cookies to the
cardboard using your frosting as glue. Once cookies cover the entire house you
can decorate with colorful candies such as gumdrops, peppermint sticks and
licorice.