Berry Shortcake

Ingredients

• Flour, 1 quart.
• Butter, 2 tablespoons.
• Salt, 1/2 teaspoon.
• Milk, 1 pint.
• Baking powder, 2 teaspoons.
• Berries.

Method

1. 1

   Sift dry ingredients together, rub in butter and add milk enough to make a dough which is soft but yet can be handled.

2. 2

   Divide in half and shape each into a round, thin loaf pie-pan size.

3. 3

   Put the 2 loaves together with bits of butter and a light sprinkle of flour between them.

4. 4

   Bake on a buttered tin.

5. 5

   Pick over berries, mash half of them and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

6. 6

   Let stand 1/2 hour before needed.

7. 7

   When cake is done divide it without breaking the disks and put berries between and on top.

8. 8

   Dot over with spoonfuls of whipped cream and serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mary Jane's cook book (1916) by Mary Jane, Sophie D. Coe, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BERRY SHORTCAKE. Flour, 1 quart. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Salt, 1/2 teaspoon. Milk, 1 pint. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Berries.

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