Shortcake

Ingredients

• ^ c flour
• 1 tp baking powder
• 1 tb sugar
• A tp salt
• 1 tb shortening
• 1 tb milk

Method

1. 1

   Put oven on to heat.

2. 2

   Measure and sift all dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Cut shortening into dry ingredients.

4. 4

   Add milk and cut it in.

5. 5

   Toss dough to floured board, work carefully, divide into two parts, shape, brush with melted butter, and bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes.

6. 6

   Prepare fruit while baking.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic science (1914 text-book) (1914) by Bertha J. Hoisington Austin, page 55. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tb sugar i tb butter 2 tb milk or water 1| tb English currants or raisins Utensils needed: Rolling pin 3 bowls 2 measuring cups Work to be done: 1. Put oven on to heat. 2. If raisins are to be used, put them in the strainer and set that into a large bowl containing warm water. Wash the raisins and then lift the strainer out of the bowl. 3. If currants are to be used, first dip them in flour, then wash them in warm water the same as the raisins. Home Rule 2 c flour 4 tp baking-powder i tp salt 2 tb sugar 2 tb butter i c milk or water s or i c English currants or raisins spoons sieve knives molding board Digitized by Google 142 DOMESTIC SCIENCE 4. bowl 5. 6. 7. Sift all dry ingredients, except the sugar, into the mixing Cut in shortening as for biscuit. Add the liquid the same as for baking powder biscuit. Toss onto the floured mixing board, work quickly, only enough so that the dough can be rolled. 8. Roll till one-fourth of an inch thick, bearing down very lightly on the rolling pin. Fig. 62.— Roll Making 9. Brush the rolled dough with melted butter. 10. Sprinkle dough with fruit and sugar, and roll it like a jelly cake. 11. Cut roll into pieces about three-fourths of an inch long and bake on a floured tin the same as biscuit. Principles: 1. Biscuit dough may be combined with fruit and sugar to make a good substitute for cake or other sweet batters. Serving: Place fruit rolls on a china plate and serve hot at luncheon. They are eaten with or without butter. What has been learned: 1. To roll biscuit dough. 2. To wash currants, raisins, or other dried fruit. Digitized by Google - SHORTCAKE Lesson Lm Shortcake Materials used: Class Rule Home Rule ^ c flour 2 c flour 1 tp baking powder 4 tp baking powder i tb sugar 2 tb sugar A tp salt f tp salt 1 tb shortening i c shortening 1 tb milk

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