Gingerbread Lighthouse

Name: Gingerbread Lighthouse
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 13
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking soda; 355 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 355 milliliters butter; 1 large egg; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 118 milliliters honey or molasses; 13 servings Royal Icing; 13 servings Candy decorations and sprinkles

Gingerbread Lighthouse might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 9 servings with 948 calories, 8g of protein, and 43g of fat each. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be A mixture of flour, firmly brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in honey and egg.

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Butter

Honey

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Combine flour and next 5 ingredients. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating until blended. (For colorful pieces, drop in a bit of food coloring.)

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Food Color

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Shape dough into 2 flat disks. Cover with plastic wrap; chill at least 1 hour or until firm.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Preheat over to 35

Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on a nonstick foil or parchment-lined baking sheet (flip it over and roll on the back if yours has a rim).

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Place template on dough. Trim around design, then pull away excess.

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Dough

Bake 10 to 15 minutes until cookies are completely crisp and edges begin to brown. Its okay if the edges brown a little more than you would like for a regular cookie, because you can frost the over-brown edges and top with candy.

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