Skamania Shortcake

• Sift together:
• 3 1/4 c. flour
• 2 1/2 T. baking powder
• 1 t. salt
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• Cut in with a pastry blender: 1/2 c. cold butter
• Set aside.
• In a separate bowl mix:
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 c. cream (heavy whipping cream works, or half & half, or even whole milk)

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add the milk & egg. Stir just until combined. Do not over mix. Turn onto a floured surface. Roll dough out to about 1/2″ thickness. Cut into desired sized squares for fast & convenient OR use a round biscuit cutter and make rounds!

Place onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

Set cooled biscuit on a small plate with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Top with fresh berries. I generally just do chopped strawberries, but of course you could do these with an berry or even a mixture of berries. It is a good biscuit, but often I add sugar to the berries to make them tastier!

~This recipe was inspired by the Skamania Lodge baker. Years ago she gave me the recipe. It was by weight. It was a HUGE batch for making 100s of these shortcakes. It sat in my cookbook a good year before I tackled it. I adjusted it to reach my expectations. I made them all the time for a few years, but since have quit since we really don’t eat wheat that much anymore. I may attempt them with a GF flour another year!