Strawberry Shortcake

Ingredients

• Two cupfuls of flour (sifted).
•  Two eggs.
• One cupful of sugar.
• A good half cupful of sour milk or cream; the latter is best.

Directions:

1.  Mix half a teaspoonful of baking soda in the cream(use a steel fork).
2.  Beat the butter to a cream.
3. Add the sugar first, then eggs, one at a time.
4. Add milk and flour alternately.
5. Cook in buttered pie plates in the oven like corn bread. Put confection between.

Source - Cooking in Old Creole Days

Prepared by Raeghan Norred

Louisiana Anthology

January 11, 2015