Strawberry Cobbler

Ingredients

• 1 qt flour
• 2 teasp baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• sweet milk enough to make a dough

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour with baking powder and salt.

2. 2

   Cut butter into flour, add sweet milk to make a dough.

3. 3

   Roll out a third for the middle crust, bake separately.

4. 4

   Line a deep pan with the rest, fill with strawberries, sprinkle with sugar, add the middle crust, fill with more berries, cover with a top crust, and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cup butter and 1 lb powdered sugar. Pick, wash and drain carefully 1 qt ripe strawberries and add these to the butter and sugar cream, crushing about three quarters of the berries. Have three layers of shortcake ready, spread the sauce between each layer and decorate the top with some whole berries. This should be prepared about half hour before serving. — [Mrs. C. von W., N. J. Strawberry Cobbler Sift 1 qt flour with 2 teasp baking powder and a pinch of salt. Cut % cup butter (or butter and lard mixed) into the flour and add sweet milk enough to make a dough

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