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Mini Gingerbread House

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Mini Gingerbread House

Mini Gingerbread House

Mini Gingerbread House requires roughly 4 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 1. This recipe covers 79% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 569g of protein, 362g of fat, and a total of 16251 calories. It works well as an expensive main course. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up egg whites, semisweet chocolate nonpareils, pirouette cookies, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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Using parchment or waxed paper, make gingerbread house pattern pieces according to this diagram; set aside. In a heavy saucepan, cook and stir the shortening, brown sugar, corn syrup and molasses over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
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Remove from the heat; stir in ginger and cinnamon. Stir in flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough can be formed into a ball. With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out dough directly onto a greased baking sheet to 1/4-in. thickness.
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Position patterns on dough; cut out.
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Remove dough scraps; cover and save to reroll if necessary.
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Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes or until gingerbread springs back when lightly touched. Immediately place patterns over gingerbread; cut around edges to trim. Cool on baking sheet for 3-4 minutes or until gingerbread begins to harden. Carefully remove to a wire rack; cool.
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For icing and assembly: In a large bowl, beat the egg whites, confectioners' sugar and cream of tartar on low speed for 1 minute. Beat on high for 6-8 minutes or until stiff.
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Powdered SugarPowdered Sugar
Cream Of TartarCream Of Tartar
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IcingIcing
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Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert pastry tip.
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Place some icing in bag. Pipe icing along base and sides of front wall and one side wall. Position at right angles to each other and place on covered board; prop with small bottles or jars. Repeat with second side section and back.
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BaseBase
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Let dry; remove bottles. For side supports, carefully cut Pirouette cookies widthwise in half. Pipe icing along one side of each; position at the corners of the house.
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CookiesCookies
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For roof: Pipe icing along peak of roof. Position roof pieces; let dry. For roof tiles, cut Tootsie
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IcingIcing
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Rolls widthwise in half. Flatten with a rolling pin; cut each flattened piece in half. Pipe an icing line 1/2 in. from bottom of one side of roof. Curve Tootsie
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Roll pieces around your finger or a wooden spoon handle and press along icing; repeat until one horizontal row is finished. Repeat six times, slightly overlapping each row until one roof piece is covered.
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Repeat on other side. Pipe a thick line of icing along top, front and back roof seams. Using the same technique, place a row of Tootsie
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IcingIcing
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Roll pieces at a right angle to direction of roof tiles along the top, front and back seams; let dry. Pipe a few thick clusters of icing onto roof tiles to resemble snow.
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Sprinkle with edible glitter.
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For finishing touches: In a bead pattern, pipe icing around front door. Pipe 1-in. squares on both sides of door and on each side of house for windows. Pipe windowpanes. Decorate the corners with snowflake-shaped sprinkles.
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For wreath over door, attach pudding bites and nonpareils to front of house using icing. On covered board, spread icing into a 1-in. curved strip from the front door to the edge of the board for path.
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Cut candy bar into small rectangles; press side by side into icing.
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Let dry.
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Using scissors, cut sugar cones to varying heights. If desired, pipe a thick circle of icing around open end of each cone to help hold in place. Position cones around house.
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Kitchen ScissorsKitchen Scissors
DifficultyExpert
Ready In4 hrs, 15 m.
Servings1
Health Score73
Very Healthy
Dish TypesLunchMain CourseMain DishDinner
OccasionsChristmas
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