Grandma's peach shortcake
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Sifted enriched flour |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| 3 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Butter or margarine |
| 1 | Beaten egg | |
| ⅔ | cup | Light cream |
| Soft butter or margarine | ||
| 4 | cups | Sugared sliced peaches |
| 1 | cup | Heavy cream, whipped |
Directions
The biscuits are almost rich as cake! Sift together dry ingredients; cut in butter till mixture is like coarse crumbs. Combine egg and cream; add all at once to dry ingredients, stirring only to moisten. Turn dough out on floured surface; knead gently ½ minute. Pat or roll dough to ½ inch. Cut 6 biscuits with floured 2½-inch round or fluted cutter. Bake on ungreased baking sheet in very hot oven (450ø) about 10 minutes.
Split shortcakes; butter bottom layers. Fill and top with peaches and whipped cream. Serve warm.