Old-Fashioned Shortcake Recipe

Directions

Ingredients :

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup white sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg, or to taste

½ cup butter

1 egg

⅓ cup milk

Methods :

Step 1

Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch baking pan.

Step 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.

Step 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.