Show now MOW F FOR SHORTCAKES WELCOME SEASON OF STRAW BERRIES IS HERE HIRE May Bo Es Made In Many Ways Way Ea Each One of Them Tempting Standard Standard Recipe for the tho B B BISS cult Dough Is there anyone who does doea not like strawberry shortcake shortcake not not the tho cake strawberry cake strawberry and mixture often orten told cold under that namo name In resi restaurants but the tho made home variety varlet of rt rich h short biscuit batter rich berries and plenty of whipped cream Anyone who can make moko rood good ba baking powder biscuits biscuit can achieve a d Io table shortcake that can be to served in inmany inmany Inmany many ways waye It ma may b be a foamy W. W Wash Ington pie affair composed of tw two layers of ot bread each layer golden brown crispy crusts or It ma may look equally tempting but be made mad from a single thicker r bread lo loll loaf t. t which has been split In the middle iner itt aft itter after er being baked so there thore Is 18 much less leu crust A shortcake may be made for individual serving the batt batter r being cut with a biscuit cutter and baked In small round shapes Tho batter may be baked In square sheets and the finished cake cut In slices instead of in Ia shaped pie-shaped pieces piece These have the strawberry filling more evenly distributed than the round loaves Strawberry shortcake II li an Inex inex- i pensive dessert dossert even when strawberries ries rles first come Into market and arid are selling at high prices A single box used In this manner is s 's sufficient for six persons The Tho standard recipe for tor the tho biscuit dough bread to be bo used as the founds founds- tion of the shortcake is this Take two cupfuls of bread flour tb three Je Jevel leyel eJ teaspoonfuls of baking powder one one- halt half of a teaspoonful of salt three tablespoonfuls ta ta- of shortening one cupful of milk and water water half half and half Themore The Tho be more quickly and deftly the flour Sour flourIs t. t Is handled the lighter will be the lbs blai bis biscuit cult cull or bread Sift SItt the flour WIth the salt and baking powder Then with the tips of the fingers or Oi or with witha a spatula rub in the shortening light light- ly Iy Do not rub It too fine Ke Keep p a a rather coarse texture Then Thea quickly stir in the and unless unless' you sri are In a hurry let the tho latter stand for tor five minutes Jn this way the flour has bas a chance chanco to swell and the batter can un b be bemore bemore more easily handled Put It on a Poured board th then n spread d or orr roll roll It it Into shape l If It you are making b cult and want them to brown well brush brash them over lightly with milk Ha Have ve the tho oven very hot when your our short bread goes in It If a slightly sweet s tasting bread Is desired you may add a level Jevel tablespoonful of sugar to the flour While the tho bread part is Is' cooking S mash a 0 box of strawberries The They need not be large sized Bw et eten en them to taste and as soon as u the bread comes out of the oven put in tho the layer of berries and if I you wish to servo serve a few whole ones for tor the top dot these in the whipped cream cream which you spread on top of the bread Many people like whipped cream with strawberry straw straw- berry shortcake but some prefer the plain cream Tho The bread mixture as de described above may be used for shortcake ol of any kind apple kind apple peach or rhubarb Graham biscuit batter can alto also b bused be used for tor shortcake with strawberries and any good graham biscuit mixture may be used for this |