Yield: 8 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
¾ cup | Sugar plus |
6 tablespoons | Sugar |
2 cups | Flour plus |
3 tablespoons | Flour |
¾ teaspoon | Salt |
½ cup | Shortening |
⅔ cup | Milk |
4 cups | Fresh strawberries; sliced |
4 teaspoons | Baking powder |
1 \N | Egg; beaten |
¼ cup | Softened butter |
Sprinkle ½ cup sugar over strawberries, let stand. Sift 2 cups flour, baking powder, 6 Tablespoons sugar & salt. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knives until particles are size of peas. Combine egg & milk, stir into flour mixture. Blend. Spread dough in well-greased pan. Spoon berries & juice over top of dough. Blend together butter, ¼ cup sugar & 3 Tablespoons flour. Drop mixture by spoonfuls over strawberries. Bake 35-40 minutes at 400. Serve warm with cream.
MRS WILLIAM (CHERYL) MARTIN
From the <The Bliss of Cooking Returns>, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club, Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .