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      Title: CHOCOLATE SHORTCAKES
 Categories: Desserts, Breads, Woman's day
      Yield: 12 Servings
 
      2 c  Flour, all purpose
    1/2 c  Sugar, granulated
    1/3 c  Cocoa powder, unsweetened
      1 tb Baking powder
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine, cold
      1 c  Buttermilk OR plain low-fat
           Yogurt
      2 ts 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 6-inch 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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