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Homemade Strawberry Shortcake

April 29, 2020 by elkeliving Leave a Comment

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Homemade strawberry shortcake

When I was a kid I always asked for homemade strawberry shortcake for my birthday. It’s hard to beat the taste of sweet cake with fresh sweet and sour strawberries. I can’t forget to mention the light and fluffy taste of whipped cream.

Making strawberry biscuits

30 years ago I would help my grandma make this dessert in our kitchen with boxed vanilla cake mix and cool whip. Although this was good I changed it up a bit for the way I cook. Yes, boxed cake mixes are easy, but they are also filled with chemicals and artificial ingredients. In my opinion, processed food like this is part of the health crisis our country is seeing. If you’re going to have a dessert, take a little extra time and make it. You will be able to tell the difference in the taste and you may not ever go back!

cutting out biscuits

How to ensure the biscuits are flaky and light.

Yes, this is a glorified biscuit recipe or a scone. I grew up eating strawberry shortcake on “cake” but eating it on a sweet flaky strawberry biscuit is absolutely delicious!

strawberries

Biscuits are not hard to make. With just a few easy tips you can make a fluffy light biscuit too!

making homemade strawberry shortcake

  • Make sure your butter is cold. I like to mix up all the dry ingredients then pull the butter out right before its time to cut it in with a pastry cutter. Cut the butter in as quickly as possible, and keep the size of the butter chunks “pea-size”.  If you don’t have a pastry cutter you can buy one here or you can improvise by using a fork or just your fingers. This is a little harder than a pastry cutter, however, it will work. If it’s just to much pressure to work quickly to cut the butter in, you can always chill the bowl you are using for a few minutes in the freezer or fridge.

making strawberry shortcake

  • Do not knead this dough when you turn it out onto the working surface, but rather press it into a rectangle or square and fold the edges in toward the center. Don’t repeat this more than a couple of times. remember, you don’t want the dough to get warm. For more tips on making flaky biscuits, you can check out Tips for Making Flaky Biscuits at Home by Bonappetit!

Homemade strawberry shortcake

Making homemade whipped cream is easy!

Yes, you can use Reddi Whip if you’d like, but unless you can find organic these pre-made whipped creams have extra unnecessary ingredients and do not taste as good! Homemade whipped cream is irresistible! Simple ingredients always taste better and homemade whipped cream is made with whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla. It is simple and easy to make! Just grab your hand beaters, thrown in all the ingredients and whip until it’s thick and creamy! It’s as easy as that!

Homemade strawberry shortcake

This dessert is perfect for entertaining because it turns out so beautiful!

I hope you try it! For other springtime, desserts check out this Lemon Poppyseed Quick Bread!

Homemade strawberry shortcake

Homemade strawberry shortcake
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Homemade Strawberry Shortcake

This Homemade Strawberry Shortcake is the delicious with layers of flaky strawberry biscuits with homemade whipped cream and sweet fresh strawberries!
Prep Time25 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time40 mins
Course: brunch, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Strawberry, strawberry biscuits, strawberry desserts, strawberry shortcake
Servings: 12 people

Ingredients

Strawberry Biscuits

  • 3 cups unbleached flour
  • 2 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup sugar plus about a tablespoon to sprinkle on the tops of the biscuits before baking.
  • 1 stick cold butter
  • 1 ¼ cup cold milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 strawberries diced in small chunks

Fresh Strawberries

  • 1 container fresh strawberries sliced
  • 2 tablespoon sugar

Homemade Whipped Cream

  • 1 pint whipping cream
  • ⅓ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • pinch salt

Instructions

Strawberry Biscuits

  • Preheat the oven to 400.
  • Chop 3 strawberries into little chunks and set aside.
  • In a medium mixing bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar until its completely incorporated.
  • With a pastry cutter or fork cut in cold butter until the butter resembles peas in size. Don't take a long time to do this, you want the butter to stay cold.
  • With a wooden spoon mix in milk, and vanilla.
  • Fold in the chopped strawberries.
  • Turn the dough onto a floured surface and press the dough into a rectangle shape. Fold each side of the dough toward the middle then flip the dough and press out until its about an inch or inch and half thick.
  • With a round cookie cutter or glass (I used a glass about 2 ½ inches wide) cut out circles and place them on a cookie sheet. I made 12, but depending on the size you cut it could be different.
  • Using about a tablespoon of sugar sprinkle a little on top of each biscuit before baking.
  • Bake them at 400 for 15-17 minutes. or until lightly brown on the bottoms.

Strawberries

  • Cut the green ends off of the strawberries and slice strawberries into a medium bowl. I like to slice them from top to bottom, it just looks prettier. You can also slice them sideways.
  • Sprinkle the sliced strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar. Set them aside.

Homemade Whipped Cream

  • Pour a pint of whipping cream into a medium-size bowl.
  • Add in the powdered sugar, vanilla, and a pinch of salt.
  • With a hand mixer, beat on high speed until the cream is thick and peaks form.

Assembling your Strawberry Shortcakes

  • Split the biscuit in two and put a layer of whipped cream, then a layer of sliced strawberries.
  • Put the top on and add more whipped cream and a slice or two of strawberries to finish. (like pictured above)
  • If you want you can take some strawberry juice or syrup from the bottom of the strawberries and drizzle it around the bottom of the biscuit.

Notes

For tips on making flaky biscuits, see the post.
You can store any unused whipped cream in a sealed container in the fridge for a day or two.
Leftover biscuits? These make a nice breakfast heated with some butter!
 

Homemade strawberry shortcake

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