½ teaspoon Arm & Hammer or Cow Brand Baking Soda
½ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup shortening
¾ cup sour milk or buttermilk (about)
Butter
Strawberries, crushed and sweetened
1. Sift, then measure flour. Sift again with the baking soda and salt.
2. Cut or rub in shortening until it is as fine as coarse corn meal.
3. Add enough sour milk to make a stiff dough. Turn onto a floured board. Knead slightly.
4. Roll ¼ inch thick. Cut with 3-inch floured biscuit cutter.