Strawberry Shortcake(Shared By Va Bullard, Radford, Va)

• 2 c. flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 c. sugar
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 c. milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 5 Tbsp. butter, melted
• 3 to 4 pt. berries
• 1/3 c. sugar (for each pt. berries)
• 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. vanilla
• whipping cream (use only real whipping cream)
• a few selected whole berries (for garnish)

1. Sift dry ingredients twice and add to butter, egg and milk, combined, to form a dough.
2. Pat in greased pan.
3. Bake at 350u0b0 to 375u0b0 or even 400u0b0 until brown (maybe 12 to 15 minutes).
4. Wash, cap and cut berries in quarters; put in glass bowl and sprinkle with sugar.
5. Barely warm, very slowly, then crush slightly.
6. Split the shortcake and spread both cut surfaces with butter.
7. Put berries between and on top of the cake, spreading them each time on a cut surface.
8. Cover with whipped cream, sweetened and to which 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon vanilla has been added.
9. Garnish with whole selected strawberries.
10. Bake in 9-inch round cake pan or may be cut with a large biscuit cutter and baked on a cookie sheet.

flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, milk, egg, butter, berries, sugar, vanilla, whipping cream

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=650955 (may not work)