She would bake a sheet of gingerbread, then pull out stencils she had made from file folders to carefully cut the walls and roof of the houses. But these were the homesteading equivalent of candy ...

Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them. Bake for 12–15 minutes, or until lightly golden-brown. Leave on the tray for 10 ...

Gather your favorite cookie cutters and rolling pin, and let’s start baking! Cut out cookies are a classic Christmas treat ...

Skipping this step can have even more drastic repercussions when you're trying to make a gingerbread house. Freshly mixed dough will be too warm. When you roll it out and try to cut out the pieces ...

Re-roll the trimmings and use to cut out the chimney pieces, three Christmas trees and three triangles to use as supports to help the trees stand upright. Bake the gingerbread for 7–8 minutes.