Shortcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325 degrees; grease a 9x9 dish & set aside.
In a large bowl, cut flour, sugar & butter together until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside 1/2 cup of this mixture.
To the remaining butter mixture, add the rest of the ingredients & mix well.
Pour into prepared dish & sprinkle topping over.
Bake 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Note #1: The edges of the cake may turn a light golden brown while baking, but the topping should not brown.
Note #2: Double the ingredients to make a larger (9x13) cake.