Little Red Hen's Magnificent Strawberry Shortcake

Big Brown Rooster is Little Red Hen's grandson and shades of his grandmother BB Rooster has the same difficulties getting help as did the Little Red Hen.  But all comes out well in the end when the menagerie of friends finally share a strawberry shortcake.

As presented by Big Brown Rooster in Janet Steven's book 

Great-Granny's Magnificent Strawberry Shortcake

is easy to make and a delight to share after reading a copy of Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel  (Harcourt, 1999)

Great-Granny's Magnificent Strawberry Shortcake

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter (one stick)

1 egg, beaten

2/3 cup milk

3 to 4 cups strawberries, washed and sliced

whipped cream

Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.  Sift flour, then sift together dry ingredients.  Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Add egg and milk, stirring by hand just enough to moisten.  Spread dough in greased 8 x 1 1/2 inch round pan. building up edges slightly.  Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.  Remove cake from pan; cool on rack for 5 minutes.  Split into two layers; lift top off carefully.  Alternate layers of cake, whipped cream, and strawberries, ending with strawberries on top.