Gingerbread Farm Animals in Corral Cookies Recipe a collection of popular cookie recipes from around the world featuring Chocolate Chip, Sugar, and Peanut Butter as well as other cookie recipes.

Ingredients:

1 recipe Gingerbread House Dough

2 recipes Royal Icing

DECORATIONS

Assorted food colors Shredded coconut

Assorted small hard candies

SUPPLIES

Cardboard Decorative paper

Method:

1 Preheat oven to 375°F.Prepare Gingerbread House Dough. Divide dough into 4 equal sections. To make fence, roll 1 section of dough directly onto large cookie sheet to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into 6 (2 3/4X6-inch) sections, leaving 1/2-inch space between sections. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are browned. Cool completely on wire racks.

2 Roll second section of dough directly onto cookie sheet to ¼-inch thickness. Cut into 4 (2 3/4x 6-inch) sections and 2 (3-inch) sections. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are browned. Cool completely on wire racks.

3 To make animals, roll remaining 2 sections of dough directly on cookie sheets to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out animal shapes using animal- shaped cookie cutters. Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until edges are browned. Cool completely on wire racks.

4 Prepare Royal Icing. Tint small amounts of icing with food colors to decorate animals. Place remaining icing in small resealable plastic food storage bag. Cut off small corner of bag for piping.

5 Decorate animals and fence sections with icing and assorted candies according to photo. Cover 20-inch piece of cardboard with decorative paper and plastic wrap. Assemble fence by piping icing on bottom and side edges of fence sections.

5 Use smaller sections to make 2 gates. Pipe icing on feet of animals; arrange so animals can be supported by fence or other animals. Sprinkle green-tinted coconut around feet of animals for grass, if desired. Makes 1 fence and 2 dozen animals