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Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

Grady
This is my guide to a 12-year old kid making Strawberry Shortcake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 5

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound strawberries
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 4 cups flour
  • 3 Tablespoons sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 sticks butter extra for brushing
  • 1 pint heavy cream
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Cut off top of strawberries and slice in half. Put in a bowl and add brown sugar and black pepper. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Cut butter into chunks and fold into flour using pastry blender. Add 1 cup heavy cream and mix. Knead into a ball with your hands. Roll out dough on c lean surface until it is about ½ inch thick. Using a biscuit cutter, or 3 inch round object, cut into circles.
  • Place half the biscuits on a cookie sheet. Top with the remaining biscuits. Melt about 2 Tablespoons butter in microwave. Brush on top of top layer of biscuits. Bake for about 15 minutes until golden brown.
  • While cooking make whipped cream by mixing heavy cream with vanilla
  • Remove biscuits and separate. To bottom layer of biscuits add strawberries.  Top with a top layer biscuit. Add more strawberries. Top with whipped cream and serve.