Easy Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
This Easy Strawberry Shortcake Recipe is as classic as it gets – homemade shortcake biscuits, juicy strawberries and homemade whipped cream!
Easy Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
INGREDIENTS
STRAWBERRIES
- 1 1/2 pounds strawberries, stemmed and sliced
- 6 tbsp (78g) sugar
SHORTCAKES
- 3 cups (390g) all-purpose flour
- 5 tsp baking powder
- 6 tbsp (78g) sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (112g) butter, cold and cubed
- 1 cup (240ml) heavy whipping cream or heavy cream, plus 1 tbsp (15ml), divided
- 2 eggs, divided
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Coarse sugar
WHIPPED CREAM
- 2 cups (480ml) heavy whipping cream, cold
- 3/4 cup (86g) powdered sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
INSTRUCTIONS
- To prepare the strawberries, toss them with the sugar to combine and let sit for at least 2 hours to draw out the juices. These can be made the night before using, if you like. The longer they sit, the more juices are drawn out.
- To make the biscuits, preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt and whisk together.
- Using a pastry cutter or a fork, cut the cold butter into the flour mixture until course crumbs are formed. The largest butter pieces should be about the size of small peas.
- Combine the one cup of heavy cream, egg and vanilla extract.
- Pour the cream mixture over the flour mixture and stir together just until it starts to come together. Do not over mix. Mixture will still be crumbly.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gently bring it all together to form a ball. Gently flatten out and then fold in thirds, folding the left side over onto the middle, then the right side over onto the middle. Lightly pat back out into a square about 1 inch thick.
- Using a 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter, cut out the biscuits. Gather together the scraps, fold together once and pat back into a square to cut out remaining biscuits. You should be able to get 7-9 biscuits. Dip the biscuit cutter into flour between cuts, to keep it from sticking. When cutting out the biscuits, press straight down. Do not twist.
- Place the biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet at least 2 1/2 inches apart.
- Combine the other egg and 1 tablespoon of cream and brush the tops of the biscuits with the egg wash. Sprinkle the tops with some coarse sugar.
- Bake the biscuits for 17-20 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown.
- Remove the biscuits from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
- When ready to serve, make the whipped cream. Add the heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla extract to a large mixer bowl and whip on high speed until medium to stiff peaks form.
- Cut the biscuits in half horizontally, then fill with strawberries and their juices and whipped cream.
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