Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Ingredients:

A pint of strawberries
3/4 c milk
2 Tbsps melted butter
1/3 c plus 3 Tbsps brown-sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 & 1/2 tsps baking-powder
3/4 c unbleached flour (white)
3/4 c whole-wheat flour

Instructions:

Have oven preheated to four hundred degrees Fahrenheit. Sift salt, baking-powder & flour together into bowl. Separately combine softened butter & 1/3 c sugar, stirring ’til butter dissolves.

Add milk then beat together wet & dry mixtures, ’til softened dough forms. You turn out dough onto floured working board then knead about 60 mins.

Have dough divided into two parts then form them into smoothened balls. Roll them out fitting pan’s bottom. You place these rounds into greased pie plates. Bake them for 12 to 15 mins ’til golden-brown.

Combine crushed berries w/ 3 Tbsps sugar. Cover. Cool dough then place a round into serving platter, spread w/ berries generously then top w/ 2nd dough round. Slice into wedges then top w/ cols stiff thick cream.

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All-American Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Ingredients:

2 c whipped cream
1/4 c shortening
1/2 tsp salt
4 Tbsps baking-powder
2 c flour
1/4 tsp honey
4 Tbsps sugar
1/2 c sourcream
1/4 c butter
Orange rind; grated
4 Tbsps sugar
2 tsps juice of orange
3 pints strawberries (fresh)

Instructions:

Have cream whipped w/ sugar ’til soft-peaked. Combine juice, honey & berry slices. Stand mixture at room-temp about 60 mins.

You sift all of dry components together onto medium bowl then add rind. You then add shortening & butter then add into dry mixture, stirring well.

Mix lightly sourcream w/ fork forming soft-dough. You roll out dough into floured working surface into 3/4-inch thick. Slice it onto 4 four-inch wide circles.

Arrange them on bake sheet then bake for 20 minutes at four hundred degrees Fahrenheit ’til golden.

Split your cake into half while warm. Transfer into dessert platters then top w/ berried then cover w/ other cake half. Top w/ more berries w/ juice spread all over.

Garnish w/ cream & strawberries.

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