For many of us, gingerbread houses are as much a part of Christmas as decorated trees and candy canes. Whereas some people vary the traditional ski chalet or wood cabin by turning their gingerbread ...

Ask an adult to turn the oven on to 190C/gas mark 5. Place the flour, ginger, bicarbonate of soda and butter into a mixing bowl and rub in with your fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs. Add the ...