Peach Shortcake

Ingredients

• 1 quart of flour
• 1 teaspoonful of salt
• 1 tablespoonful of sugar
• 2 large teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• 1/2 cupful of butter
• peaches cut small
• Sprinkle with sugar

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder.

2. 2

   Rub in butter, mix to a soft dough, roll out, and cut to fit pans.

3. 3

   Bake, split while hot, butter, and fill with peaches and sugar.

4. 4

   Serve with custard or cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 tasty dishes (1906), page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Peach Shortcake. Mix together i quart of flour, i teaspoon- ful of salt, I tablespoonful of sugar, 2 large teaspoonfuls of baking powder and rub in ^ of a cupful of butter. Mix to a soft doughy turQ out and roll not quite an inch m August* thick. Cut to fit three pans, brush each with milk and bake in a moderate oren. Split while hot, butter plentifully and spread each piece with peaches cut small. Sprinkle with sugar, and put together in two cakes of three layers each, the crust side of each layer be- ing underneath. Serve with cold boiled custard or a pitcher of cream. 24. — Barbecued Beef. From cold roast beef cut thin slices. Heat together in the chafing dish >^ of a cupful of gravy, 2 tablespoonfuls of tomato catsup, i teaspoonful of Worcestershire or i table- spoonful of walnut catsup and a tablespoon- fuls of sherry. In this lay the sliced meat and serve as soon as heated through. 25. — Stuffed Cucumbers. Use large cucumbers. Pare them and cut into two-inch lengths. With a silver knife or a small spoon scoop out the seeds. Have ready a highly-seasoned mince made of any cold meat, also somewhat more than a cupful of good, brown sauce (which may be made with the meat gravy). Fill the centre of each piece with the mince, stand on end in a 133 August. saucepan and pour round them the hot sauce; Cover and simmer very gently until tender, then dish on buttered toast and pour the gravy over and around them. a6,— Peach Cobbler. Originally a Maryland delicacy, the peach cobbler has become a favorite wherever fresh peaches are obtainable. Pare enough large sweet ones to almost fill a deep pudding dish ; do not halve or pit them but sprinkle with plenty of sugar, then cover with a rich pie crust rolled rather thicker than usual. Bake in a moderate oven for from forty minutes to an hour. 27. — Baked Corn in Pepper Cases. Cut from the cob sufficient boiled com to measure i pint. Scald 6 or 8 bull-nose pep- pers for five minutes, rub off the skin, cut off the stem end and scrape out all the seeds. Make a good cream sauce with i tablespoon- ful of butter, i tablespoonful of flour, i cup- ful of thin cream and ^ of a teaspoonful of salt.

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