Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1911 — Cranberry Shortcake. [ARTICLE]
Cranberry Shortcake.
One pint flour, one-half teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon soda, one tear spoon cream tartar, two tablespoons, butter worked into the flour, one-half pint sweet milk. Mix into a smooth dough and bake twenty minutes. When done tear apart, as cutting makes it heavy. Wash and pick over one pint of cranberries with one quart of water. Set pn fire and stew onehalf hour; stir often to prevent burn ing. Spread between the cake ant heap on top whipped cream sweet ened and flavored with vanilla.
