Gingerbread Dough for Gingerbread Houses

Name: Gingerbread Dough for Gingerbread Houses
Yield: Makes a little less than 3 pounds dough
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, slightly softened; 5 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons ground ginger; 1 tablespoon ground cloves; ¾ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1 tablespoon freshly grated nutmeg; ¾ cup granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon baking soda; ½ cup water

Preparation info

Makes a little less than
3 pounds
dough

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

Use this dough for the house in this chapter. It is sturdy enough to make a house that doesn’t warp or buckle, but it also has good eating qualities.

Ingredients

5 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tabl

Europe
Italy
Cookies
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

In a bowl, combine the flour, spices, baking soda, and salt; stir well to mix.
In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until soft and light, about 3 or 4 minutes.
Scrape the bowl and beater and add a third of the dry ingredients. Beat in half the water, then another