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Storefront Place Cards (recipes) and Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques, baron de l'Aulne (sh)


Storefront Place Cards (recipes)




Yield: Makes 8 to 10 place cards

Makes these colorful place cards up to 3 days in advance of the big event.





Ingredients:



1recipe Gingerbread Cookie Dough (recipe follows)

Powdered sugar

1recipe Cookie Glaze (recipe follows)

Assorted Food colorings

Assorted candies

Pastry bags and small Writing tips









Preparation:





1.Preheat oven to 350°F. On floured surface, roll dough to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out 16 to 20 (4X3-inch) rectangles. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.2.Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.3.Prepare Cookie Glaze, adding 2 to 3 tablespoons additional powdered sugar to glaze; divide into separate bowl for each color of frosting desired. Tint with Food colorings as desired. Spoon into pastry bags fitted with Writing tips. Pipe designs and names onto half of cookies. Decorate with candies to look like holiday storefronts or houses, using glaze to attach candies. Let stand until glaze is set.4.To assemble place cards, spread some remaining glaze on top edges of undecorated cookies; press to backs of decorated cookies at top. Separate bottoms so cookies make upside-down "V," and cookies can stand without support. Let stand until glaze is set.







Cookie Glaze:

Combine 4 cups powdered sugar and 4 tablespoons milk in a small bowl. Stir; add 1 to 2 tablespoons more milk as needed to make a medium-thick, pourable glaze.



Gingerbread Cookie Dough



Ingredients:



1/2cup shortening

1/3cup packed light brown sugar

1/4cup dark molasses

1egg white

1/2teaspoon vanilla

11/2cups all-purpose flour

1teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2teaspoon Baking soda

1/2teaspoon salt

1/2teaspoon ground ginger

1/4teaspoon Baking powder









Preparation:





1.Beat shortening, brown sugar, molasses, egg white and vanilla in large bowl at high speed of electric mixer until smooth.2.Combine flour, cinnamon, Baking soda, salt, ginger and Baking powder in small bowl. Add to shortening mixture; mix well. Cover; refrigerate about 8 hours or until firm.











Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques, baron de l'Aulne (sh)




born , May 10, 1727, Paris, France
died March 18, 1781, Paris

French administrator and economist.

He entered the royal administrative branch of the magistracy in 1753, then became intendant (governor) of Limoges (1761-74), where he instituted economic and administrative reforms. A physiocrat, in 1766 he wrote his best-known work, Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth. In 1774 he was appointed comptroller General by Louis XVI and introduced his Six Edicts to expand economic reforms. His effort to abolish the corvee (unpaid forced labour by peasants) was opposed by the privileged classes, and he was dismissed in 1776.