Gayle's Family Shortcake Recipe

Submitted by Marion Librarian

"Found this on a blog entitled "In praise of leftovers", and the author adds "I suppose you could form these into about 6 individual cakes, but the dough is quite wet, so I'd advise sticking with a cake round for ease. I used a sharp knife or bench scraper to score the dough into 8 wedges before baking baking it. The lines will be faint when it comes out of the oven, but still very helpful for slicing it.""

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 8 wedges
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, cold
• 1 egg
• 2⁄3 cup half-and-half
• sugar, for sprinkling on top

directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 and butter an 8" round cake pan.
2. In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut butter into about 8 pieces, add to flour mixture, and pulse until pea-sized clumps form.
3. Beat egg and half-and-half together and add to flour mixture. Pulse just until combined. Mixture will be quite wet.
4. With floured hands, gather into a ball and press into prepared pan, building up the edges a little bit. Sprinkle liberally with baker's sugar and bake in preheated oven for 15-18 min until lightly browned and just done in the center.
5. Let cool for 5-10 minutes before slicing into wedges and removing from pan.