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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts Cakes
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 lg Ripe peaches
3 c Sifted flour
4 ts Baking powder
1 t Salt
1 t Cinnamon
1/2 c Brown sugar (packed)
3/4 c Margarine
1/2 c Pecan pieces
1 Egg
3/4 c Milk
Sugar
1 c Heavy cream, whipped
1/4 ts Almond flavoring
Peel and slice peaches. Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon
in a large bowl; stir in brown sugar. Cut in margarine with pastry
blender until crumbly; stir in pecans. Beat eggs slightly with
milk; add all at once to the flour mixture. Stir with fork until
blended. Spread dough on two greased 9" pans to within 1/2" of edge.
Bake at 450 degrees from 20-25 minutes or until golden.
Sweeten peaches to taste with sugar. Flavor whipped cream with almond
flavoring. Place 1 shortake layer on serving platter. Top it
peaches and whipped cream. Add remaining shortcake layer. Spoon
remaing peaches and whipped cream over top layer. Serve immediately.
From: merican Cookery: Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers
(1971).
