Sally Lunn

[Paladine]

1/2 cup shortening 2 eggs 2 cup cake flour 3/4 tsp. salt 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup milk 3 tsp. baking powder
Cream shortening, sugar and eggs together, add flour, baking powder and salt, sifted together, alternately with the milk. Turn into greased and floured shallow pan and bake in a hot oven 425 degrees for 25 minutes. Cut into two inch squares and serve hot with plenty of butter. Makes about 20 squares.

[ouzo]

Sally Lunn Recipe (from historic Gadsby`s Tavern, Alexandria, Virginia)
The following ingredients makes one two-pound loaf:
3 1/4 cups flour 1/4 oz. active dry yeast 1/2 cup (short) melted shortening 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup (plus) milk 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1 egg 4 tablespoons warm water
Grease a cookie sheet. Heat the milk and shortening to the temperature of a warm baby bottle. Mix flour, salt and sugar in a separate bowl. Add water to the yeast in a separate bowl. Mix the egg in yet another bowl. Add the warm milk and melted shortening to the bowl of flour, salt and sugar. Add the egg and yeast and water. Beat the entire mixture until it comes off the side of the bowl, which should be clean. Cover, let rise in a warm (non-air conditioned) place until double in size, about 1 1/2 hours. Knead the bread down in size and shape into a round loaf. Place on the cookie sheet and let rise again to 1/2 again as big, about 45 minutes. Bake bread at 300 degrees F for approximately 45 minutes. After 30 minutes, baste the top of the bread with butter, and also again after it has finished baking.