Old Fashioned Shortcake Recipe
Summary
Difficulty LevelEasyHealth IndexAverage
Ingredients
| All purpose flour | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Baking powder | 3 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Butter | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Milk | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 3 1-pt. boxes fresh strawberries | ||
| Heavy cream | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Confectioner’s sugar | 2 Tablespoon | |
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Sift flour, 1 /4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl.
Cut butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
Make well in center of mixture; pour in milk all at once.
Mix quickly with fork just to moisten flour.
Turn into lightly greased 8 x 8 x 2-inch baking pan.
Press dough lightly to fit into pan evenly.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden.
Reserve several whole strawberries for garnish; remove hulls from remaining strawberries.
Slice into bowl.
Add remaining sugar; mix well.
Whip cream just until stiff; stir in confectioners' sugar gently.
Cut shortcake in half crosswise; place, cut side up, on serving plate.
Spoon on half the strawberry slices.
Set top of cake in place, cut side down; spoon remaining sliced strawberries over top of cake.
Mound whipped cream lightly in center; garnish with reserved strawberries.
Sift flour, 1 /4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl.
Cut butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
Make well in center of mixture; pour in milk all at once.
Mix quickly with fork just to moisten flour.
Turn into lightly greased 8 x 8 x 2-inch baking pan.
Press dough lightly to fit into pan evenly.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden.
Reserve several whole strawberries for garnish; remove hulls from remaining strawberries.
Slice into bowl.
Add remaining sugar; mix well.
Whip cream just until stiff; stir in confectioners' sugar gently.
Cut shortcake in half crosswise; place, cut side up, on serving plate.
Spoon on half the strawberry slices.
Set top of cake in place, cut side down; spoon remaining sliced strawberries over top of cake.
Mound whipped cream lightly in center; garnish with reserved strawberries.
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