This is from my very old cookbook “Fun with Cooking”, by Mae Blacker Freeman. It features a 50’s-era teenage girl with ribbons on either side of her head showing us how to cook her favourite things. You can also modify this recipe for strawberry shortcake by adding 2 tbsp sugar into the dough
Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add the shortening and blend into the flour using a fork or pastry mixture until it is crumbly.
2
Make a hollow in the middle of the mixture and pour in the milk. Stir only until the milk is all taken up and you have a rather sticky ball of dough.
3
Place the dough on a well-floured board and roll it gently with a floured rolling pin until it is a patty about 1/2 inch thick.
4
With a biscuit cutter, cut rounds of the dough, each one just touching the net one, in order to get as many biscuits as possible. Pat the leftover strips into biscuits also.
5
Lay the biscuits on a greased pan, not too close together, and bake in a hot oven, 450º for 10-15 minutes, until they are lightly browned on top.
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For strawberry shortcake, add strawberries, powdered sugar and whipped cream on top. For a nice sauce, boil some frozen berries with water and a bit of sugar until it thickens, then put through a sieve.
Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add the shortening and blend into the flour using a fork or pastry mixture until it is crumbly.
2
Make a hollow in the middle of the mixture and pour in the milk. Stir only until the milk is all taken up and you have a rather sticky ball of dough.
3
Place the dough on a well-floured board and roll it gently with a floured rolling pin until it is a patty about 1/2 inch thick.
4
With a biscuit cutter, cut rounds of the dough, each one just touching the net one, in order to get as many biscuits as possible. Pat the leftover strips into biscuits also.
5
Lay the biscuits on a greased pan, not too close together, and bake in a hot oven, 450º for 10-15 minutes, until they are lightly browned on top.
6
For strawberry shortcake, add strawberries, powdered sugar and whipped cream on top. For a nice sauce, boil some frozen berries with water and a bit of sugar until it thickens, then put through a sieve.
