Old-Fashioned Shortcake

8 ingredients
3 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, or to taste
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup milk

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch baking pan.
  2. 2
    Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat egg and milk in another bowl; stir into flour mixture until batter is just blended. Spread batter in the prepared baking pan.
  3. 3
    Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

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