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Homemade Strawberry Shortcakes

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  • Author: Sydney
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 5 servings 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Sweet shortcakes with homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries.


Ingredients

Scale

Shortcake Dough

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoon granulated sugar, plus some for sprinkling on top of cakes
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 stick of unsalted butter (sliced into small cubes)
  • 2/3 cup half-and-half
  • 3 tbsp heavy cream

Whipped Cream

  • 1 small carton of whipping cream (minus what you use to bake the shortcakes)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 23 tbsp granulated sugar, more or less to taste

Topping

  • 1 carton of fresh strawberries, sliced
  • Optional: Lemon zest for garnish

Instructions

Shortcake Dough

  • Preheat oven to 425°F.
  • Mix dry ingredients (flour, salt, sugar, baking powder) together in a food process.  Pulse until combined thoroughly.
  • Add cubes of butter to mix.  Pulse until partially incorporated – don’t let the dough mix become smooth.  You want there to be small globules, but not big chunks.  
  • Transfer dough mix to a large bowl.  Add half-and-half and stir to combine.
  • Move dough to a floured surface, and knead the dough a few times.  Roll it out into an approximaly 0.25-0.5 inch layer.  Using a cookie cutter or top of a glass, cut the dough into circles and place on a lined baking sheet.  Repeat until all of the dough is used.  
  • Brush some half-and-half on top of the shortcake rounds and sprinkle with a little granulated sugar.  
  • Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden.

Whipped Cream

  • Pour whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla extract into blender.
  • Blend until thickened.  Be careful not to over-blend.  Check on texture after every few pulses on the blender.

Assembly

  • Layer two shortcake rounds with whipped cream in between the layers and on top.
  • Scatter sliced strawberries over the shortcake.
  • Optional lemon zest for some extra brightness.