Hot Fruit Shortcakes

Ingredients

• Mix together 3 cupfuls of flour
• ^ of a teaspoonful of salt
• i table- spoonful of sugar
• 2 teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder
• ^ of a cupful of butter
• add the fruit filling

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder.

2. 2

   Rub in butter, mix to a soft dough with milk, roll out, and bake.

3. 3

   Tear open, spread with butter, add fruit filling, and serve with whipped cream or custard sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 tasty dishes (1906), page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Hot Fruit Shortcakes. Hot fruit shortcakes are made with a rich biscuit foundation. Mix together 3 cupfuls of flour, ^ of a teaspoonful of salt, i table- spoonful of sugar and 2 teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder and rub in with the fingers ^ of a cupful of butter. Mix to a soft dough with sweet milk, roll out in two round or ob- long cakes an inch thick and bake in a quick oven. Tear open, spread with butter, add the fruit filling

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