The month of May means that nearly every day we have Great-Grandma Cecelia Schmidling's strawberry shortcake. She was a Kansas farm wife who raised 5 children through 62 years of marriage with Leo. She was known for making everything from scratch, and for always singing in the kitchen (like her namesake).
2 c. flour
1/3 c. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. soda
3 t. baking powder
5 T shortening
1 c. buttermilk
1 egg
Mix dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add shortening with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Add buttermilk and egg, stir just until moistened. Pat into greased 9-inch pie pan or drop large mounds on greased cookie sheet to make individual short cakes. Bake at 350' F for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Polar Bear made a batch yesterday, and eats it with whipped cream in a bowl full of milk.
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What do you use for shortening?
I always use pure vegetable shortening :-) but I am sure you could use butter or margarine, too. You can reduce it to half the amount and substitute apple sauce for the other half. Or I have made it with only 4 Tablespoons of shortening and it works fine! (Oil would not work.)
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