Loving strawberries is easy. But Strawberry Shortcakes are even more love worthy. Scrumptious lemony little biscuit cakes piled high with homemade whipped cream and farm-fresh strawberries. Oh. my.
3 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
2/3 cup cold butter, chopped into small cubes
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
zest of one lemon
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Combine dry ingredients. Cut in butter until completely incorporated and mixture looks like small crumbs. Set mixture aside.
Add eggs to a separate bowl and whisk. Add milk and lemon and whisk once more. Pour into the bowl of dry ingredients and stir, just until moistened.
Dump dough out onto a heavily floured surface and gently work into a rectangle, 1" thick. (This will be messy, but be patient and it will come together). Using a biscuit cutter, cut into individual biscuits. Place biscuits on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.
And centers are separated...
...so that once they're cooled, you can just split them apart!
Layer shortcakes with homemade whipped cream and strawberries. (If they're tiny berries like mine were, you can leave them whole. If they're large berries, slice before serving.)
And for a final sweet touch, dust with powdered sugar.
(This recipe makes about 12-13 standard-size biscuit shortcakes).
Those were lovely and amazingly beautiful shortcakes. Excellent outcome. I gotta admit, your talent is envious.
- Tera
Posted by: Healthy Foods Blog | July 28, 2010 at 01:11 PM
Serena, I made these. Oh. My. Goodness! Even the uncooked dough was so delicious, My Cowboy and I were eating it before I could get the cakes into the oven!!!! Fantastic! I'm now officially pitching all my other shortcake recipes, and will be making only this version from now on. Thanks so much for sharing . . .
Posted by: Shelly | July 16, 2010 at 07:35 AM
OH MY IS RIGHT!!! I am sending some Link Love your way with this sweet post! YUMMY for my Tummy!
Posted by: Mama Holli | July 14, 2010 at 02:48 PM
Hi Serena,
I've never been to your blog before, but wanted to tell you how I amazing I found your show. Two friends and I drove up from south central Idaho (in no man's land (whew...11 hours in the car)) and we had the time of our lives. It was so dang fun. I hope we can do it agian next year too.
I have got to try this yummy recipe...man, am I glad I finally came by.
hugs
June
Posted by: June | July 11, 2010 at 08:59 PM
Serena,
Those look delicious! I will be making these some time this week, for sure. Thanks for the recipe! La
Posted by: La | July 11, 2010 at 02:58 PM
Beautifully presented....can't wait to try this recipe!! :) Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Jaime James | July 11, 2010 at 12:00 PM
mmmmnomnomnommmmm. i think i even have all of these ingredients! that's a major deal!
Posted by: Leah | July 10, 2010 at 03:24 PM
I really enjoyed my visit to you website this afternoon. Thanks for some great recipes that I want to try.
Love,
Marie
Posted by: Marie | July 10, 2010 at 12:18 PM
I haven't visited you for awhile...I love all the recipes and fruit and pictures...looks like you have started your house..yay! Good luck with it all...come say hi sometime :D
Posted by: Julie Harward | July 10, 2010 at 07:36 AM
I'm definitely making this! OMG! Simple, beautiful and I'm sure delicious!
Posted by: Claire | July 10, 2010 at 01:55 AM
Yum, yum, yum. I love strawberry shortcake and so does everyone else around here. I mentioned you in my post today, and borrowed your idea about asking who's reading my blog and where they're from.
Have a wonderful weekend. You always make me smile.
Blessings,
Marcia
Posted by: Marcia | July 10, 2010 at 12:46 AM
I am totally salivating right now. And I'm in England, which appears to be Strawberry Shortcake free, and I miss Connectciut where I eat strawberry shortcake for my birthday every summer! Sigh.... this post just makes my mouth water...
Posted by: Brianna | July 09, 2010 at 11:34 PM
Yummy! Thanks for sharing even during the busy summer craziness! I hope your weekend is lovely.
Warmly,
~Debbie~
Posted by: Debbie | July 09, 2010 at 09:57 PM
You had me at, "Loving strawberries is easy."
Becca
Posted by: Becca | July 09, 2010 at 09:12 PM
I love strawberry shortcake and can't wait to try your recipe- thanks for sharing.
I also LOVE your plate..is it jadite? Such a lovely color.
On the edge of my seat excited to hear about the store... :)
Enjoy this hot weekend!!
Erin
Posted by: Erin @Home's Where My Heart is | July 09, 2010 at 08:36 PM
Those are going on my must make list for the next week or two.
Can't wait to hear more about your store Serena. I'm so excited about all of the wonderful changes in your life this year.
Posted by: Jen@thecottagenest | July 09, 2010 at 07:36 PM
Stunning photograph!
Posted by: Chris51496@aol.com | July 09, 2010 at 05:43 PM
love the way you styled that first pic. strawberry shortcake is my favorite summer dessert! i'll have to give your recipe a try...
have the loveliest weekend.
~molly
Posted by: molly | July 09, 2010 at 04:41 PM
They look so wonderful. Thank you. Hugs~ Kim
Posted by: kim | July 09, 2010 at 02:05 PM
The Strawberries with homemade whipped cream! Nothing like it! :)
Posted by: The Wife of a Dairyman | July 09, 2010 at 01:29 PM
YUM! I need to make these. Thank you. :-)
-FringeGirl
Posted by: the domestic fringe | July 09, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Thank you for your recipe. It brings back such wonderful memories of my Mom...she absolutely loved strawberry shortcake done this way. So many people do it on pound cake or even angel food cake...nothing compares to these wonderful biscuits. They brought a twinkle to my Dad's eyes too. I miss those days. I'm going to make some just to go back again.
Posted by: Nancy DeRosa | July 09, 2010 at 11:21 AM
they look wonderful....will try them for sure...
Posted by: june deese | July 09, 2010 at 09:50 AM