8 Lg. ripe peaches
3 c Sifted flour
4 ts Baking powder
1 ts Salt
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 c (packed) brown sugar
3/4 c Margarine
1/2 c Pecan peices
1 Egg
3/4 c Milk
Sugar
1 c Heavy cream, whipped
1/4 ts Almond flavoring
Peel and slice peaches. sif flur, baking powder, salt and cinnamon inot
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 2
greased 9″ pans to within 1/2″ of edge. Bake at 450 degrees fro 20-25
minutes or until golden.
Sweeten peaches to taste with sugar. Flavor whipped cram with almond
flavoring. Plave 1 shortake layer on serving platter. Top with peaches
and whipped cream. Add remaining shortcake layer. Spoon remaing peaches
and whipped cream over top layer. Serve immediately.
Yields
6