Gingerbread (For Cookies Or A Gingerbread House)

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   ["In a medium saucepan, heat sugar, molasses, ginger, allspice, cinnamon, and cloves to boiling, stirring occasionally.", "Remove from heat; stir in soda (it will foam up).", "Stir in margarine till melted.", "With a fork, stir in egg, then flour.", "On a floured surface, knead dough till mixed. Divide dough in half, wrap half with plastic wrap; set aside.", "Roll half the dough, with a rolling pin, slightly thinner than 1/4 inch.", "Cut with cutters.", "Bake at 325F on a cookie sheet for 12 minutes; cool on a wire rack.", "Makes about 3 dozen 3"" gingerbread people.", "NOTE: We make houses by cutting out our house design (the 2 sides of the roof, two sides, a front and a back of the house) on graph paper, and then placing the graph paper shapes on the dough and cutting the dough shapes out with a knife."]

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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