24 gingerbread with royal Recipes

flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, butter flavor shortening, sugar, dark molasses, eggs, sugar , sifted (about 4 cups), meringue powder, warm water, orange extract

unsalted butter, at room temperature, light brown sugar, mild molasses, all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground allspice, baking soda, freshly ground black pepper, fine salt, ground nutmeg, cayenne pepper, royal icing , recipe follows, special equipment : 5-inch-long and 3-inch-wide copper piggy cookie cutter, egg whites, sugar, whisked to remove lumps, juice of 1/2 lemon

self-raising flour, bicarbonate of soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, mixed spice, unsalted butter, diced, black treacle (molasses), golden syrup, dark muscovado sugar, milk, egg