Mimi's Shortcake
"This recipe if for real shortcake, better known as a cream scone with no filling. If you like strawberry shortcake, you'll like this. It is tender and flaky and, oh, so yummy."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (93 g)
- Calories 308.2
- Total Fat - 18.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.5 g
- Cholesterol - 77.1 mg
- Sodium - 42.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 20.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.7 g
- Sugars - 11.6 g
- Protein - 16.4 g
- Calcium - 191.2 mg
- Iron - 2.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a large bowl whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Step 2
Cube the cold butter and put it in the flour bowl; with a pastry blender cut the butter into small coarse crumbs.
Step 3
In a small bowl mix the egg, vanilla, and cream, mixing well; add to flour mixture just till dough comes together; don't overmix.
Step 4
Put on lightly floured board and pat into a 7" circle; cut with circle cutter about 1" thick; place on ungreased baking sheet.
Step 5
In a small bowl mix the ingredients for the egg wash and brush on top of each shortcake and then bake in a 400 degree oven for 15-18 minutes or till a toothpick put in the center comes out clean.
Tips
No special items needed.