Serves : 8
Pasrty
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp superfine sugar
1 tbsp butter,cut into small pieces
1/4 cup milk
Confections’ sugar
salt
Filling
3 dessert apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/2 superfine sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/3 cups water
2/3 cup heavy cream, whipped lightly
Direction
Preheat the oven to 425 f and grease the baking tray
Shift the flour, salt and baking powder into a mixing bowl.stir in the sugar then rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs
Pour in the milk and mix everything to a soft dough. on a lightly floured surface, knead the dough lightly, then roll out to a thickness of 1/2 inch
stamp out 4 rounds, using a 2 inch cutter. Transfer the rounds to the prepared baking sheet
bake for 15 min
The filling: to a saucepan add the apple sliced, sugar,lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon and the water. Bring to a broil and simmer until the apple are tender. cool a little, the remove the apple.
split the shortcake in half and fill wit the apple and cream
Dust wit confectioner’ sugar
