Gingerbread House Cookies

prep time:
30 minutes
total time:
2 hours
Makes 8 large, 24 small
ConnieConnie Reeves

Gingerbread cut in house shapes and covered with candies

ingredients

Cookies
  • 1/4 c butter
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1/2 c dark molasses
  • 4 c all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp salt
Frosting
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 lb powdered sugar
  • 3/4 tsp cream of tartar
Decorations
  • wafer cookies
  • M&Ms
  • gumdrops
  • chocolate chips
  • sweet tarts
  • gummi bears
  • any other candies you can think of
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notes

I got this recipe in 1987 when living in Monterey going to language school. Lauraleen introduced me to her friend, Patti, in San Francisco, who made these each year with nieces and nephews. We made these with your friends a number of years.

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