The Sweet Taste of Summer!
I love the tastes of summer! Whether it is hamburgers being grilled, fresh corn salad, or a perfectly ripened watermelon. But one of my favorite all time recipes is the classic Strawberry Shortcake!
I am not sure if I love it because the sweet berries burst with flavor, the buttery shortcakes are topped with whipped cream, or because I can’t savor a serving without thinking of my grandmothers kitchen.
Because so many of my memories are tied around food and the hands that helped to create it I have decided to do something a bit out of my comfort zone. I am creating a recipe memoir! Yep..most likely you haven’t heard those two words stuck together before, but that is what I will be jumping into with both feet.
So let’s bake something wonderful together. [wpdevart_youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4hiuJXh4g[/wpdevart_youtube]
Ingredients
- Summertime Strawberry Shortcakes
- 2 - cups all-purpose flour
- 2 - tablespoons sugar
- 3 - teaspoons baking powder
- ½ -teaspoon salt
- ½ -teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ -cup butter (1 cube)
- 1 -beaten egg-at room temperature
- ⅔ -half and half
- 3 to 4 cups - sliced strawberries sprinkled with sugar
- 1 -cup whipped cream -sweetened with powdered sugar..or use spray whipped cream or ice
- cream. Hey, this is your dessert so make sure it is memorable!
Instructions
- Heat oven to 450.
- Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in butter until the mixture looks like a cross between split peas and rice. Whisk egg and half and half: add all at once to dry ingredients but only stir until it is moist. No need to overdue this or it will be like little bricks.
- Seriously-for all my OCD friends- it is OK to have it be lumpy:~D
- Turn dough out of lightly floured surface and knead gently a few times. Pat or roll to ½ inch thick. Cut biscuits with floured biscuit cutter-or-use a canning ring or drinking glass if you need to. It is biscuit making, not rocket science so you might need to be a bit creative.
- Bake on ungreased baking sheet for 10 minutes.
- Split shortcakes and fill with strawberries and whipped cream.
- Garnish top with extra whipped cream and strawberries.
- ENJOY!
