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Old-Fashioned Shortcake

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 quart berries

Instructions

Sift dry ingredients.

Cut in shortening.

Add milk to make soft dough; smooth out lightly.

Bake in greased deep layer cake tin in hot oven 20 to 25 minutes.

Split while hot and spread between layers with crushed and sweetened berries or other fruit.

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Source

The New Dr. Price Cookbook (1921)

Categories

Shortcakes.