Strawberry Shortcake
Delicious summer dessert with a homemade biscuits, fresh strawberries and whipped cream!
Servings: 8
Calories: 714kcal
Ingredients
Strawberries
- 1 pound fresh strawberries
- ¼ c. granulated sugar
Shortcakes
- 3 c. all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ c. granulated sugar
- ¾ c. unsalted butter, very cold, cut into small pieces (1 + ½ sticks)
- 1 c. buttermilk or heavy cream plus more for brushing biscuits
- Coarse sugar for sprinkling on shortcakes
Homemade Whipped Cream
- 2 c. heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp clear vanilla extract
Instructions
Strawberries
- Clean and slice strawberries and add to large bowl
- Sprinkle with sugar
- Cover and place in refrigerator
Shortcakes
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and prepare baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat
- In a food processor, add flour, baking powder, salt and sugar ** see notes
- Pulse until well combined
- Add butter and mix until butter is broken and mixture is coarse
- Pour milk on top of flour mixture and mix just until the dough begins to form a ball
- Remove dough onto lightly floured surface
- Form dough into large disk
- Roll dough out slowly until about 1 inch thick
- Use a floured biscuit cutter to cut circles
- Lightly brush with extra heavy cream or buttermilk
- Sprinkle with coarse sugar
- Place close together on prepared baking sheet
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown
- Remove from oven onto wire rack and cool
Whipped Cream
- Mix cold heavy cream, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer fitted with a whisk until stiff peaks form, about 10 minutes
Serving
- Slice biscuits in half
- Top bottom with whipping cream and strawberries
- Add top and more whipping cream and strawberries
Notes
- Food Processor: You can also use a pastry cutter or fork to cut butter into flour mixture.
- You can use frozen strawberries, just sprinkle with sugar and let thaw in refrigerator. If you have already sweetened frozen strawberries lessen the sugar or skip it all together.
- A shortcut for the homemade whipped cream is to buy whipped topping.
- If you don't have a biscuit cutter to make the biscuits you can use the rim of a glass jar to cut them.
Nutrition
Calories: 714kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 51g | Saturated Fat: 32g | Cholesterol: 168mg | Sodium: 331mg | Potassium: 512mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 1851IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 209mg | Iron: 3mg