Historic Inns
Stir over medium heat until the butter melts. Remove from heat. Add lemon juice, eggs, and yolks. Stir together 1 cup of the flour, the baking powder, spices, and salt. Add to honey mixture. Stir in as much of the remaining flour as you can with a wooden spoon. Knead in remaining flour on a floured surface until it forms a smooth ball. Cover. Follow step by step directions for building the house below.
Begin rolling out pieces of dough to about ¼ inch thick. Cut 4 pieces of gingerbread, 7x 10 inches (2 for, the sidewalls, 2 for the roof) and 2 pieces 7 x 11 inches for the ends of the house. Mark off 7 inches on each 11-inch end panel for shaping the pointed gable. Then cut from this mark to the center of the top of the gingerbread.
Bake on non-stick or greased cookie sheet in 350˚oven for 20 minutes or till browned. Cool and store. Assemble when ready starting with a large platter or piece of heavy cardboard covered in aluminum foil.
Fill a pastry bag with canned white frosting. Don't worry about detail decorating yet. Using a large flat tip, make a line of frosting where you want to place two sides of the house. Also, frost one of the adjoining sides of gingerbread. Repeat with the remaining two sides. Then, frost the remaining ends and allow all four sides to sit for at least three hours.
Take the two roof pieces and gently put them in place. Use more frosting to "glue" them to the four side pieces and each other. Allow the house to sit for at least another three hours. Now, you can take a scalloped or other tip and put the finishing touches on your seams, and the gingerbread house is ready to decorate.
BEAUTIFUL PROFESSIONALLY-SHOT PHOTOS AVAILABLE.
Tucked into various parts of the city of Rockland, Maine, are four outstanding Inns that make up the Historic Inns of Rockland. Each Inn is unique and has their own historical significance, but the innkeepers all share the same commitment to being green, and to the Interfaith Food Pantry and Fuel Assistance Program.
For the past five years, the Historic Inns of Rockland have hosted an Inn-to-Inn Pie Tour to raise money for the Food Pantry and Fuel Assistance Program, and have raised over $12,000 to fund the project. The innkeepers have a deep sense of duty to help others by reducing their carbon footprints by going green (they are all certified "green") and by participating in the annual drive to raise funds for locals who need assistance with food and fuel.
Entering The Captain Lindsey House, owned by Ken and Ellen Barnes, offers a unique entrance from Lindsey Street; visitors step up several stairs to what resembles a ticket office at a theater, but on a much more elegant level. Rich wood tones surround the large glass enclosure of the reception area and there are tufted seats if you have to wait. The sitting room opposite the reception area is large and welcoming with comfortable-looking furniture, a fire place and antiques. There is a library/office for the guests' use which includes a computer port and telephone. The quests' quarters are beautiful and welcoming and each of the nine rooms have computer modem ports and private bathrooms.
Begin rolling out pieces of dough to about ¼ inch thick. Cut 4 pieces of gingerbread, 7x 10 inches (2 for, the sidewalls, 2 for the roof) and 2 pieces 7 x 11 inches for the ends of the house. Mark off 7 inches on each 11-inch end panel for shaping the pointed gable. Then cut from this mark to the center of the top of the gingerbread.
Bake on non-stick or greased cookie sheet in 350˚oven for 20 minutes or till browned. Cool and store. Assemble when ready starting with a large platter or piece of heavy cardboard covered in aluminum foil.
Fill a pastry bag with canned white frosting. Don't worry about detail decorating yet. Using a large flat tip, make a line of frosting where you want to place two sides of the house. Also, frost one of the adjoining sides of gingerbread. Repeat with the remaining two sides. Then, frost the remaining ends and allow all four sides to sit for at least three hours.
Take the two roof pieces and gently put them in place. Use more frosting to "glue" them to the four side pieces and each other. Allow the house to sit for at least another three hours. Now, you can take a scalloped or other tip and put the finishing touches on your seams, and the gingerbread house is ready to decorate.
BEAUTIFUL PROFESSIONALLY-SHOT PHOTOS AVAILABLE.
Tucked into various parts of the city of Rockland, Maine, are four outstanding Inns that make up the Historic Inns of Rockland. Each Inn is unique and has their own historical significance, but the innkeepers all share the same commitment to being green, and to the Interfaith Food Pantry and Fuel Assistance Program.
For the past five years, the Historic Inns of Rockland have hosted an Inn-to-Inn Pie Tour to raise money for the Food Pantry and Fuel Assistance Program, and have raised over $12,000 to fund the project. The innkeepers have a deep sense of duty to help others by reducing their carbon footprints by going green (they are all certified "green") and by participating in the annual drive to raise funds for locals who need assistance with food and fuel.
Entering The Captain Lindsey House, owned by Ken and Ellen Barnes, offers a unique entrance from Lindsey Street; visitors step up several stairs to what resembles a ticket office at a theater, but on a much more elegant level. Rich wood tones surround the large glass enclosure of the reception area and there are tufted seats if you have to wait. The sitting room opposite the reception area is large and welcoming with comfortable-looking furniture, a fire place and antiques. There is a library/office for the guests' use which includes a computer port and telephone. The quests' quarters are beautiful and welcoming and each of the nine rooms have computer modem ports and private bathrooms.
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