Recipe - Chocolate Shortcakes

2 cup Flour, all purpose
One half cup Sugar, granulated
1/3 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened
1 tablespoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half cup Butter or margarine, cold
1 cup Buttermilk OR plain lowfat
Yogurt
2 teaspoon Sugar

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

Grease 2 cookie sheets.

In a large bowl mix flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder
and baking soda. Cut butter in pieces. With pastry blender or 2 knives cut
butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. with a fork stir in
buttermilk or yogurt until mixture clumps together. Divide in half. Put
each on a cookie sheet in a 6inch round. Sprinkle each with sugar. Bake
one at a time 20 minutes until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
cool on sheet on rack 5 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely.
To Make Strawberry Shortcake: Not more than 2 hours before serving. Layer
with cream and berries. Top with cream. Garnish with a whole berry. Just
before serving pour on chocolate topping.

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