HUCKLEBERRY SHORTCAKE

Place in a mixing bowl Three-quarters cup of sugar, One egg, Four tablespoons of shortening, Two cups of flour, Four teaspoons of baking powder, Three-quarters cup of water. Beat and mix and then pour into well-greased oblong pan and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes. Cool and then split, and fill with the prepared berries and serve with custard sauce. To prepare the huckleberries for the shortcake, place in a saucepan Two cups of stewed huckleberries, One-half cup of cornstarch, One cup of brown sugar. Stir to dissolve and then bring to a boil and cook slowly for five minutes. Add one-half teaspoon of nutmeg and then cool and use for the filling.

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