White Gingerbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb flour
1/2 lb butter, chilled and cubed
1/2 lb sugar
1 lemon, zest of
1 ounce ground ginger
1/2 a nutmeg, grated
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
118 ml milk, warmed slightly

Preparation

Rub the butter into the flour.
Stir in the sugar, the minced lemon-zest, ginger and nutmeg; mix well.
Make the milk just warm, stir into the mixture with the bicarbonate of soda (baking soda), and work the mixture into a nice smooth dough.
Roll it out, cut it into shapes.
Bake in a moderate oven(180\u00b0C/ 350\u00b0F/ Gas Mark 4) for 15 to 20 minutes.