Strawberry Short-cake

Ingredients

• one pint of flour
• a teaspoonful and a half of baking-powder
• two tablespoonfuls of sugar
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• three tablespoonfuls of butter
• almost a teacupful of milk
• a quart of strawberries
• a cupful of powdered sugar

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt; rub in butter.

2. 2

   Wet with milk, roll out, and cut into cakes.

3. 3

   Bake for 12-15 minutes.

4. 4

   Tear apart, spread with strawberries and powdered sugar, and serve immediately.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 297. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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