Ingredients for - Old-Fashioned Shortcake

1. All-purpose flour 2 cups
2. White sugar 1 cup
3. Baking powder 4 teaspoons
4. Salt ½ teaspoon
5. Ground nutmeg, or to taste ¼ teaspoon
6. Cold butter, cubed ½ cup
7. Milk ⅓ cup
8. Egg 1 large

How to cook deliciously - Old-Fashioned Shortcake

1 . Stage

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

2 . Stage

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Cut in butter with 2 knives or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat together milk and egg in a small bowl; stir into flour mixture until batter is just blended. Spread batter in the prepared baking pan.

3 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.