Gingerbread Barn Recipe
INGREDIENTS
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Ingredients
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DOUGH:
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2-1/4 cups shortening
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2 cups Imperial Sugar® / Dixie Crystals® Granulated Sugar
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2 eggs
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1 cup molasses
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2/3 cup light corn syrup
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2 teaspoons ground ginger
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1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon ground cloves
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8-1/2 to 9 cups all-purpose flour
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Heavy-duty cardboard
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Muffin tin
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ICING AND ASSEMBLY:
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1-1/2 cups butter, softened
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1-1/2 cups shortening
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3/4 cup water
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3 tablespoons vanilla extract
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12 cups confectioners' sugar
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17-inch x 22-inch display base—heavy-duty cardboard or cutting board or piece of plywood, covered with foil wrapping or aluminum foil
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Serrated knife or emery board
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Red, green and black liquid or paste food coloring
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Small new paintbrush
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Pastry bags or heavy-duty resealable plastic bags
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Pastry tips—#10 round, #5 round and #67 leaf
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Spice bottles
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Heavy-duty cardboard
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Masking tape
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1 package (9.5 ounces) Triscuit crackers
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Cardboard roll from wrapping paper (about 10 inches long x 2-1/2 inches in diameter)
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2 cups oyster crackers
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Thin butter ring cookie
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Decorating candies and sugars
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Thin red ribbon, optional
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Thin pretzel sticks
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Sugar ice cream cones
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Spearmint candies or marshmallows
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Black and white jelly beans
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