HUCKLEBERRY FLOAT
- 1 cup berries
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon shortening
- ½ cup milk
Pick over and wash berries; put into small saucepan with half cup of water, and bring quickly to boil; add sugar and boil 5 minutes. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; mix in shortening very lightly; add milk slowly. Take a teaspoonful at a time in floured hands and roll into balls. Place on floured pie tin; bake about 12 minutes in hot oven. While warm break in half; butter each biscuit; put into dish and pour berries over. Serve hot with hard sauce.