Recipe - Gingerbread Buildings

One half cup Shortening
One half cup Sugar
One half cup Dark molasses
One fourth cup Water
2 One half cup Allpurpose flour
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Baking soda
Three fourths teaspoon Ginger
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon Allspice
Raisins
Candied cherries or red
gumdrops
Citron
String licorice
Decorators' icing

Cream shortening and sugar. Blend in molasses, water, flour, salt, soda,
ginger, nutmeg and allspice. Cover; chill two to three hours. Heat oven to
375 degrees. Roll dough 1/4inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut with
gingerbread boy cutter; place on ungreased baking sheet.

Press raisins into dough for eyes, nose and buttons. Use bits of candied
cherries and strips of citron and string licorice for other trimmings. Bake
ten to twelve minutes. Immediately remove from baking sheet. Cool; trim
with icing. About fifteen 4inch cookies.

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
soulvision@juno.com (Rhonda R. Selby) on Dec 24, 1997