Strawberry Shortcake

Ingredients

• Use 2 c flour
• 4 1 baking-powder
• i/^ t salt
• I T shortening
• about }i c milk or water
• Pick over and wash i qt. of strawberries
• adding i c sugar

Method

1. 1

   Bake shortcake layers, mash strawberries with sugar, layer with shortcake, and serve with or without cream.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 169. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE Nut Croquettes Make i c Thick Sauce (3 T butter, 4 T flour), add to it I T chopped parsley, 2 T lemon juice, i t salt, ^ t pepper, i c ground or chopped nutmeats, 3 T breadcrumbs, and the yolks of 2 eggs, left from the morning's baking. Mix thoroughly, shape, when cold, egg and crumb and fry in deep hot fat to a golden brown in color. Drain on paper. Serve either plain or with White or Tomato Sauce. Onion Souffle Cook 6 medium sized onions until tender, about i h and pass through a vegetable press. Add the pulp to i c Thick White Sauce (4 T flour). Separate the yolks and whites of 3 eggs (in this case use 2 whole eggs and 2 yolks left from the baking), add the beaten yolks to the sauce, with i T chopped parsley, then cut and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Turn into a buttered baking dish, set in a pan of water and bake in a moderate oven 20 m or until firm. Wilted Lettuce Wash thoroughly and chop slightly i head of lettuce. Cut 4 thin slices of bacon into tiny cubes and broil slowly until brown and crisp. To the cubes and fat in the pan add ys t paprika, and ^ c weak vinegar. Mix thoroughly, heat to the boiling point and pour over the lettuce. Serve at once. Strawberry Shortcake Use 2 c flour, 4 1 baking-powder, i/^ t salt, I T shortening, MAY MENUS 307 about }i c milk or water (p. 47). Bake in 2 sheets, but- tered, and placed together. Pick over and wash i qt. of strawberries. Mash slightly adding i c sugar

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