amon
1 cup seeded raisins
2 tablespoons cut citron

Cream shortening, add sugar and beaten egg; mix well; add milk very
slowly; sift flour, baking powder, salt and spices together and add
slowly; chop fruit; dredge with flour and add. Drop from spoon on
greased tins and bake in moderate oven 15 minutes.

FRUIT SHORTCAKES

Although strawberries are more commonly used, other fruits such as
raspberries, blackberries, loganberries, peaches, bananas, and
oranges, and even stewed, dried or canned fruits can be substituted
and make delicious shortcakes.

OLD-FASHIONED SHORTCAKE

2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons shortening
3/4 cup milk
1 quart berries

Sift dry ingredients; cut in shortening; add milk to make soft dough;
smooth out lightly. Bake in greased deep layer cake tin in hot oven 20
to 25 minutes. Split while hot and spread between layers with crushed
and sweetened berries or other fruit.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons shortening
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

Sift dry ingredients, cut in shortening; add beaten egg to milk and
add to dry ingredients to make soft dough. Divide dough in half. Take
one half, pat out lightly and put into greased deep layer tin; spread
with butter; cover with other half of dough which has also been patted
out to fit pan. Bake in hot oven 20 to 25 minutes. Split while hot and
spread crushed and sweetened berries and whipped cream between layers;
cover top with whipped cream and whole berries. Dust with powdered
sugar and serve.

STRAWBERRY CAKE

1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons shortening
1 egg
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 pint heavy cream
1 quart strawberries

Cream sugar and shortening together; add beaten egg; add part of
flour, baking powder and salt which have been sifted together, then
part of milk; mix well and add remainder of flour; mix in remainder of
milk and flavoring. Bake in shallow greased pan in moderate oven 20 to
30 minutes. When cold split in half and spread whipped cream and
crushed sweetened strawberries between layers. Cover top with whipped
cream and whole strawberries.

PUDDINGS AND OTHER DESSERTS

BAKED CUSTARD

4 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 q