Strawberry Shortcake(Shared By Va Bullard, Radford, Va) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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)

Preparation

Sift dry ingredients twice and add to butter, egg and milk, combined, to form a dough.
Pat in greased pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 to 375\u00b0 or even 400\u00b0 until brown (maybe 12 to 15 minutes).
Wash, cap and cut berries in quarters; put in glass bowl and sprinkle with sugar.
Barely warm, very slowly, then crush slightly.
Split the shortcake and spread both cut surfaces with butter.
Put berries between and on top of the cake, spreading them each time on a cut surface.
Cover with whipped cream, sweetened and to which 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon vanilla has been added.
Garnish with whole selected strawberries.
Bake in 9-inch round cake pan or may be cut with a large biscuit cutter and baked on a cookie sheet.