• When mixing your dough, it may seem like it is going to be a bit dry, once you’ve added the flour. Don’t worry! Once you get your hands in to help mix, the warmth from your hands will help the butter/margarine soften more and help bring everything together.• This gingerbread house recipe is a no-chill dough. As soon as you’ve rolled and cut your dough, you can go ahead and bake it. If however you are working in a warm kitchen, or making them in the heat of summer, you can chill your dough before baking, if you feel it needs it.• I like to split my dough into two when it comes to rolling and cutting, purely because I don’t have enough space in my kitchen to roll out the entire amount at once.• I find a large palette knife to be invaluable when it comes to making a Gingerbread House. As the biscuits are quite large, they can be quite delicate when it comes to moving onto the baking trays; a palette knife makes this a bit easier. And the biscuits can sometimes curve and spread a little whilst baking – the palette knife can be used to push the edges & straighten them out, when you remove them from the oven.• After you’ve cut all your walls and roof, use any excess dough and cut some different shapes (stars, trees, people…) to use in decorating your gingerbread house. • For ease in moving your gingerbread house, construct it onto something you can make part of the overall look. A chopping board or cake board are perfect.• When it comes to constructing your Gingerbread House, you want a slightly thicker consistency icing than you will use for decorating. There’s no “easy” way to get your Gingerbread House walls together but if you have a spare pair of hands, they can assist with holding things upright while you attach and “glue” it all together with the icing. Alternatively, keep a few mugs or glasses close by, to help prop up the walls as you go.• It’s not an essential, but when it comes to decorating and you have a cake turntable – use it, it will make life much easier!• There’s no shame in opting to use Writing Icing Tubes when it comes to decorating. And in fact, they are great for when you’re baking with kids.• Don’t forget to have fun! Gingerbread House can be fiddly, there’s no two ways about it. You are constructing a building out of biscuits after all! But don’t let the aim of perfection overtake the fun you can have making a house that is uniquely yours.