INGREDIENTS
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Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
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2 cups packed brown sugar
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1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
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2 eggs
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6 cups all-purpose flour
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4 teaspoons baking powder
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4 teaspoons ground ginger
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2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon ground cloves
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20 green apple hard candies, crushed
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ICING AND ASSEMBLY:
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2 egg whites
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2-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
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1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
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8 to 10 drops green gel food coloring
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Pastry tips-round #5 and star #16
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Covered board (15 inches x 13 inches):
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3 red and 4 brown miniature M&M's, divided
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60 sticks cinnamon gum, divided
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21 squares cheese-flavored snack crackers
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2 peppermint sticks
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Malted milk balls
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Holly berry and leaf-shaped sprinkles
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2 pretzel rods
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2 large sourdough pretzel twists
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White sprinkles
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2 caramel-filled chocolate candies
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4 curved chocolate slices (Swoops), divided
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2 thin pretzel sticks
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Light bulb-shaped sprinkles