Cape Cod Gingerbread Cottage Recipe
INGREDIENTS
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Ingredients
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1 cup shortening
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1/2 cup boiling water
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1 cup packed dark brown sugar
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1 cup dark molasses
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6 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons salt
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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1 teaspoon ground ginger
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1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
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ICING AND ASSEMBLY:
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16 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
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12 tablespoons meringue powder, divided
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2 teaspoons cream of tartar, divided
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1-1/2 cups warm water, divided
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1 silver dragee
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2 cups chocolate rock candies
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105 mint Andes candies
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Edible glitter
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Green, blue, red, brown and black paste food coloring
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Light bulb-shaped sprinkles
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7 ice cream sugar cones
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5 colored nonpareils
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70 pretzel sticks
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Cookie cutters--boy, girl and dog
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Pastry tips--round tips #3 and 7; leaf tip #67
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Pastry bags
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Foam core board (21 inches x 19 inches x 1/2 inch)
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Small cans for propping
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