We tried out a new u-pick farm this year. It is out by our favorite old apple farm which got plowed under a few years back when the orchardist decided he was too old to continue and none of his children wanted to take over. Some day I'm going to buy some land and put in an apple orchard but until then we love to drive out for u-pick. You name the fruit and we'll be there but right now it is full on strawberry season.
We made 25 pints of jam, had lots for fresh eating and even made strawberry shortcake. Sahara picked out this book from the library the week before and the whole story through she kept asking if we could make the same dessert the characters made. Turns out there is a recipe at the back of the book!
Last night I tried a different recipe, the one from the Joy but it wasn't nearly as delicious. So we have a keeper. I've been seeing strawberry shortcake recipes recently which call for macerating the berries in sugar and balsamic. We'll have to be adventurous and try that next. Oh yes, we'll be back out for more berries this weekend.
Great-Granny's Magnificent Strawberry Shortcake
2 cups flour
2 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs baking powder
a/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup milk
strawberries
whipped cream
Preheat oven to 450. Sift dry ingredients together. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg and milk, stirring by hand just enough to moisten. Spred dough in a greased 8 by 1 1/2 inch round pan, building up edges slightly. Bake for 15 - 18 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool on a rack for 5 minutes. Split into two layers; lift top off carefully. Alternate layers of cake, whipped cream, and strawberries, ending with strawberries on top.
