Strawberry Shortcakes

Name: Strawberry Shortcakes
Yield: Makes 8 Shortcakes
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for sprinkling; 1½ teaspoons baking powder; Sweetened Stabilized Whipped Cream for serving; 4 cups strawberries, hulled, sliced, and tossed with 1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste; ¾ cup milk, or as needed, plus 2 tablespoons for brushing; 1 egg, beaten; ½ cup cold butter, cut into ⅓-inch cubes; 2 cups flour

Preparation info

Makes
8
Shortcakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking

By James Peterson

Published 2007

About

Cake in name only, shortcake dough is similar to savory biscuit dough. Be careful not to overwork the dough, or you will end up with tough biscuits.

Ingredients

2 cups flour
¼ cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons

Dessert
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

In a bowl, stir together the flour, ¼ cup sugar, baking powder, and salt until well mixed. Put the butter cubes on top of the flour mixture, and then cut thr