You can't let a strawberry season go by without making strawberry shortcake. Here's our recipe, a traditional, complete from scratch version (and that's my bowl, hands off!).
The three parts of a superb strawberry shortcake:
The Biscuits
(makes 8, freeze the extras for next time)
2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp sugar
¼ tsp baking soda
½ cup shortening
¾ cup buttermilk
Mix the dry things, cut in the shortening, mix in the buttermilk, roll ½" thick, cut into 3" round shapes, bake @ 450ยบ 12 mins.
The Strawberries
Wash and slice 1 quart of berries. Mix in 1 tbsp. sugar.
The Whipping Cream
Nothing beats the flavour of home made whipping cream!
Whipping cream, mixer, a spoonfull of sugar, beat it!
Assembly
Slice the biscuit in half, and layer the berries and whipping cream in any which way you can!
Enjoy!
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