Rhode Island Shortcakes
- 1-1/2 cups white flour
- 1/2 cup Gray's Grist Mill johnnycake meal
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Combine flour, cake meal, sugar and baking powder in bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade.
- Pulse on and off to combine.
- Add butter.
- Pulse on and off 18 to 20 times to combine.
- Empty into a mixing bowl and stir in cream with a fork, just until blended.
- Turn out onto a pastry board and knead a few times.
- Press into a square 1 to 1 1/4 inches thick.
- Cut into 6 or 8 squares.
- Place dough on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake 15 to 20 minutes, until golden.
- Cool 15 minutes before serving.
white flour, johnnycake meal, sugar, baking powder, cold unsalted butter, heavy cream
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4523 (may not work)