Gayle's Family Shortcake Recipe
- 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
- Preheat oven to 450 and butter an 8" round cake pan.
- 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.
- Beat egg and half-and-half together and add to flour mixture. Pulse just until combined. Mixture will be quite wet.
- 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.
- Let cool for 5-10 minutes before slicing into wedges and removing from pan.
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