Lemon Shortcakes

Name: Lemon Shortcakes
Yield: Makes 6 biscuits
Ingredients: ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons organic trans fat-free shortening (I like to use Spectrum® brand), chilled; 1½ cups chilled half-and-half; 1 cup heavy cream; 4 tablespoons turbinado sugar; 1 pint fresh organic strawberries; 1 cup whole wheat flour; 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon baking powder; Finely grated zest from 1 lemon

Preparation info

Makes
6
biscuits

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Welcome to Claire's

By Claire Criscuolo

Published 2014

About

Soft and tender, these lightly sweetened biscuits are good enough to serve warm from the oven all by themselves, and they also make a most wonderful strawberry shortcake. But don’t stop there. Switch to blueberry shortcake or peach shortcake as the summer harvest progresses—or the mood strikes.

Ingredients

1 pint fresh organic strawberries
4 tablespoons turbinado sugar
1

Dessert
Vegetarian
Bread
Summer

Method

Rinse the strawberries, then remove the green caps. Slice into a bowl. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of sugar. Toss gently. Set aside to macerate.
Center your oven rack. Preheat the oven to