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Show til' j; m b 1 " f -. r . - . , "N V ' ' " - . ' - - . , v- , ."' ' ; ? i - i . i 1 ; - X . . t v. - ,s . v i r v - x ; '-V ; - ' i , ' ' - " .," ' ; v I .'.?""-..,', '.". V ."7-- - V --- -'J -v ' X"- GINGERBREAD tiOUSE ,;r children. Jell . "; jnJa. A in anil call c!;ilci v.'iiti 1 1 1 cn:crbrcad house -Ti' ! her. Doris Mcl-:; Mcl-:; mill (heir assisi- ; S haiiday hoiise is ::i,ii wilh the laimly .;hbctiriinal am! l: hnusc ami smile- '-;c jrca ariMiiul the 'trc riiiiy be eonkie n trees, or culmil Sanla perhaps Ti ihe y.ail. Anyone '. this type house .: iinitinalilv lor ile-iiJiTijii) ile-iiJiTijii) it lor sever- ilit' holiday s. I he ii h ptil aw a lor ' hi ihe pHiilics max ' liie tinuerhre.id : Jelieiims anil this : entire house, a rr-' rr-' ,oiikl be used for ; in.: ii shapes ami v the chiklren. nill.V also m.il.e-itikh m.il.e-itikh Ihe elnhlo.il ibe ai e easy to . ieupe tor pmyr-'.'CileiiLih pmyr-'.'CileiiLih iloueh loi 'iMTwilh cia little ''I amkies. KIIKKM) HOI M-" "(J Hour i ' 'K peuilei ' I ,01 : "IllllMH :n " leileniiie 'phmeJ eiitevi Sll T I 1. 01 K with soda, baking powder.sall and spiees. Mix soft shortening with sugar and molasses, beat well, beat in egg yolks and stir in the dry ingredients. The dough will he ery thiek. Divide dough into three equal portions. Plate one portion on a large ungreased cookie sheet, floured, and roll into a rectangle. rectang-le. ' inch thick. Lay patterns on dough, where they fit best :md cut through dough with kiiil'e point. Ieaing right there on par. to hake. HI MOVE SCRAPS of the dough after pattern is cut. Roll oilier portions of dough, cut-i cut-i ; ii l; all pieces. There will be 2 sides. 2 roofs. 4 chimney pin es. I front and I back part ol house. ( ut patterns of paper, heavy or light and use carefully. Cut 2 pieces of dough lor front and back. X inches from peak of i oof to bottom. 6 inches wide at bottom and 6 inches on sti. ught side, below roof. silll.S Kl Ql IKK 2 pieces of dough. S inches long and h high. Cut 2 roof pieces. 95 inches. in-ches. Cut 4 chimney pieces. 2 ha e a V cut out to lit over roof peak, as in picture. Chimney is s2' inches. Hake at .VM) degrees about 15 minutes, till hehtlv browned. Kenan e from o en and let cool on cookie sheets. However, w ith a point of knife make indentions in-dentions in front foe door and on sides for windows, but do not remoe these pieces. They help hold the house together. I SI I KOSTIV; to hold house together. You may like to put iixii row pieces ol stilt Jeff, Mike, Melinda. Amy and Michrile M,l!..r. have their gingerbread house ready for holiday enjoyment. This is a fun experience ex-perience for ail of the family during the exciting' days before Christmas. Anyone can make one of these hou.-es and the childen can share in all the fun with original ideas. cardboard on the inside, like beams, to hold sides and ends of house in place. Then carefully, care-fully, frost pieces together, frost with original designs, using us-ing various candies for decorating. de-corating. ROYAL ICING 1 lb. powdered sugar 3 egg w hites ': tsp. cream of tartar MIX ALL together, using whites left over from dough, with one more, beat at high speed until very stiff. 7-10 minutes. mi-nutes. Use immediately. Cover container with damp cloth w hen not using the icing. Frost as desired, tinting part if you wish and decorate with candies of various kinds LOLLIPOPS 3 cups sugar '4 cup corn s rup. light 3 I B vinegar 13 cup boiling v ater "' cup butler Dash of salt COMBINE sugar, syrup, vinegar, water in kettle, stir to dissolve sugar and boil to crack stage 30(1 degrees. Add butler and salt, cool a few minutes mi-nutes and pour over sticks, placed on greased cookie sheet. 5 inches apart, or use molds to make the lollipops. The Mellor family. Lan. Doris and children have lived in Centers ille and now Farm-mgton Farm-mgton for the past 15 e.irs and love it here in this area. DORIS LOYLS to cook and sew for her family and has time to make alghans. is always a busy lady with her family and other hobbies. Christmas, the season of joy and friendliness is a wonderful lime of ear for the family. They plan and make the gingerbread house and use original ideas each year. I hey also plan and make many other holiday decorations, a lively fun time for the Mellor familv. .1 |