Old-Fashioned Gingerbread House Recipe - Mother Earth Living

Ingredients

• 8 cups flour
• 1-1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1-1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1-1⁄2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1-1⁄2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground pepper (optional)
• 2-1⁄2 sticks butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar, loosely packed
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups unsulfured molasses
• 6 large egg whites
• 10 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar, divided