-kyllikki fuller bhhj17b
1/2 ts -salt
2 c Flour
1/2 c Butter
3 ts Baking powder
2/3 c Sourdough starter; *
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/2 c Heavy cream
3 tb Sugar
1 Egg
—–fruit topping—–
2 pt Strawberries; hulled
1/4 c Sugar
—–whipped topping—–
1 c Heavy cream
2 tb Amaretto
3 tb Sugar
Mix flour, baking powder, nutmeg, sugar and salt then cut in butter
till it resembles corse meal. Then beat in starter, and 1/3 cup heavy
cream and 1 egg together till well blended. Pour all at once into dry
ingredients and mix together with fork until it holds together in a
loose ball. Pat lightly into a greased and floured 9″ round or 8″
square pan. set aside to rest while preheating oven to 450F. when
oven is to temp bake shortcake for 18 to 22 minutes until very
lightly browned. Cool in pan. Turn out while still warm and slice in
half horizontally. wash and hull strwberries and crush enough to make
1 cup mix with 1/4 c sugar spread on bottom layer of shortcake. Top
with half of; 1 c heavy cream, whipped with 3 T sugar and amaretto.
Slice remaining berries and put about 1/3 of them on whipped cream.
Top with remaining shortcake and berries and remaining whipped cream.
*If you don’t do sourdough susstitute 2/3 c heavy cream for cream and
sourdough starter.
Yields
1 Servings