Strawberry Shortcake

Ingredients

• 1 qt. of flour
• 2 heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• 2 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoonful of salt
• 3 ozs. of butter
• one egg
• a half pt. of sweet unskimmed milk
• strawberries slightly mashed

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour, baking powder, powdered sugar, and salt.

2. 2

   Chop butter into flour.

3. 3

   Beat egg, add milk, mix, and combine with flour.

4. 4

   Roll out and bake in a greased pan for 20 minutes.

5. 5

   Split, butter, layer with strawberries and sugar, and serve hot with cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 desserts (1900) by Harriet Schuyler Nelson, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Strawberry Shortcake. Sift together 1 qt. of flour, 2 heaping tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, 2 tablespoon- fuls of powdered sugar and 1 teaspoonful of salt. Chop up 3 ozs. of butter in this pre- 76 June* pared flour. Beat one egg in a bowl, add to it a half pt. of sweet unskimmed milk, and mix well. Pour this quickly, but a little at a time, into the flour, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Roll out about \]/2 inches thick and bake in a large well greased square baking pan, about 20 minutes in a very hot oven. When done split in halves and butter both halves. Place one on a large dish and dust it with powdered sugar. Cover it well with strawberries slightly mashed

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