Chocolate shortcakes
12 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Flour, all purpose |
| ½ | cup | Sugar, granulated |
| ⅓ | cup | Cocoa powder, unsweetened |
| 1 | tablespoon | Baking powder |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ½ | cup | Butter or margarine, cold |
| 1 | cup | Buttermilk OR plain low-fat |
| Yogurt | ||
| 2 | teaspoons | Sugar |
Directions
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Grease 2 cookie sheets.
In a large bowl mix flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda. Cut butter in pieces. With pastry blender or 2 knives cut butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. with a fork stir in buttermilk or yogurt until mixture clumps together.
Divide in half. Put each on a cookie sheet in a 6-inch round.
Sprinkle each with sugar. Bake one at a time 20 minutes until pick inserted in center comes out clean. cool on sheet on rack 5 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely. To Make Strawberry Shortcake: Not more than 2 hours before serving. Layer with cream and berries. Top with cream. Garnish with a whole berry. Just before serving pour on chocolate topping.