Chocolate Chip Cookie House

Makes 2 houses or one house with cookie base or lot

Susan

ingredients

Cookie House Ingredients

3 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour (sift before measuring)
1 1/2 t baking soda
1 t salt
3/4 cup butter or margarine at room temperature
2/3 cup shortening at room temperature
1 cup white sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Also needed:

fluffy frosting
pastry tube and tips for decorating
candies for decorating
stiff board or tray covered with aluminum foil for assembly

Frosting Ingredients

6 egg whites at room temperature
1/2 t cream of tartar
1 t vanilla
8 cups icing sugar

directions

1
Sift dry ingredients and set aside.
2
Cream butter, shortening, and sugars until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Sift in dry ingredients 1/3 at a time. Add chocolate chips. Mix well.
3
Spread into two well greased jelly roll pans (10“x15”x1"deep) approximatly 3 cups batter per pan.
4
Bake at 375°F 20-30 minutes until browned. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Cut house sections. Cut windows as desired or outline with icing later. When completely cool remove from pan with wide spatula. Place on wire racks.
5
Frosting: Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until white and doubled in volume. Drizzle in vanilla. Sift in icing sugar 1/2 cup at a time. Beat thoroughly after each addition. Continue beating for about 5 minutes until a stiff icing is formed. Keep icing bowl covered with damp cloth and use immediately.
6
Assemble on foil covered board or cookie slab using fluffy frosting.

notes

Decorating ideas: outline door, windows, shingles with icing. Roof ideas: Mini wheats, fruit gellies, smarties or m and ms. Make trees with green colored Rice Krispie treats or ice cream cones. Use scrap cookie pieces for chimney, dog house. Be creative!

Source: Susan