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Strawberry Shortcake
From How we cook in Tennessee .., 1906
Serves 8
Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from How we cook in Tennessee .. (1906) by Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society., page 117. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Strawberry Shortcake. — Make the crust the same as baking powder biscuit, only use more shortening; divide the dough in four parts, roll out two pieces and put in pie tins. Spread them with butter; now roll the other two out and place them on top of the two in the tins. Place in oven and when done separate them by cutting through where they were buttered; COOK WITH GAS 204 HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. spread each piece with butter and put plenty of berries and sugar on. The top crust can be sprinkled Avith powdered sugar. Strawberry Shortcake. — One full pint of sifted flour, one tea- spoon of baking powder, one heaping tablespoonful of butter; rub flour, baking powder and a little salt and the butter to- gether as for biscuits. Beat one egg well in a cup ; fill cup with sweet milk
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