Gingerbread Village

Name: Gingerbread Village
Prep time: 4 h 30 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 teaspoons cream of tartar; 828 milliliters Gold all-purpose flour; 30 servings Food colors, if desired; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 30 servings Assorted candies, nuts, cookies, crackers and cereal; 3 Tbsps meringue powder; 177 milliliters full-flavor molasses; 454 grams package powdered sugar (4 1/2 cups); 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters shortening; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 79 milliliters warm water (105°F to 115°F); 79 milliliters cold water

Gingerbread Village might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 30. One serving contains 318 calories, 3g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is It will be a hit at your Christmas event. If you have candies, ground allspice, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Grease 9-inch square pan and 15x10x1-inch rectangular pan. In large bowl, mix brown sugar, shortening and molasses until well blended. Stir in cold water. Stir in remaining gingerbread ingredients except assorted candies. Press one-third of dough into square pan. Press remaining dough into rectangular pan.

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Brown Sugar

Shortening

Molasses

Candy

Dough

Water

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Bowl

Oven

Frying 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 gingerbread in rectangular pan into fourths and then into buildings as shown in illustration.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Cut gingerbread in square pan into braces as shown. Cool completely, about 25 minutes.

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Frying Pan

In large bowl, beat all icing ingredients except food colors with electric mixer on low speed until mixed. Beat on high speed 7 to 10 minutes or until very stiff. Divide and tint as desired with food colors. Decorate fronts of buildings as desired, using icing and assorted candies, nuts, cookies, crackers and cereal. Use icing to attach braces to backs of buildings.

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Crackers