Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

Yield 6 shortcakes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Additional Time 20 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes

Our Easy Homemade Strawberry Shortcake is made with sweet buttermilk biscuits filled with fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream. This is a classic dessert for a reason. So fresh and delicious!

Ingredients

Strawberry Shortcake

  • 3 pints Fresh Strawberries
  • White Vinegar
  • Granulated Sugar (to taste)
  • Homemade Whipped Cream
  • Sweet Biscuits (see ingredients below)

Sweet Biscuits Ingredients

  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 cup Butter (Cold, Cubed Sweet Cream Salted)
  • 3/4 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 large Egg

Instructions

Strawberries

  1. Soak strawberries in Vinegar Water (3 parts Water/1 part White Vinegar) to clean them.
  2. Rinse and Dry strawberries.
  3. Slice strawberries and add to bowl.
  4. Sprinkle with sugar to taste (usually 1/4 cup sugar) depending on how sweet you want the Strawberries to be.
  5. Stir sliced strawberries and sugar until coated.
  6. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator (approximately one hour) while they macerate.

Sweet Biscuits

  1. Add Flour, Sugar, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cream of Tartar and Salt in a mixing bowl. Mix with a spoon until combined.
  2. Add very cold cubed butter to the flour mixture. Using a pastry cutter or your hands, mix the butter into the flour until it is combined.
  3. Mix egg and buttermilk until egg is mixed.
  4. Add buttermilk/egg mixture to the flour. Stir only until combined.  Do not over stir!
  5. Pour dough out onto a lightly floured countertop.  There will still be some unmixed flour mixture in the bowl, pour that out too.  Gently knead 5-6 times until the dough forms a ball. Do not over knead.
  6. Separate the dough into six equal portions and place on a prepared baking sheet.
  7. Brush the biscuit dough with Buttermilk and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
  8. Bake in a pre-heated 425 degree oven for 12-13 minutes or until golden brown on the top.

Homemade Whipped Cream

  1. Make a batch of our The Best Ever Whipped Cream.  So easy to make, so yummy to eat.

How to Assemble the Strawberry Shortcake

  1. Cut the biscuit in half.
  2. Add a layer of strawberries to the biscuit.
  3. Add a layer of whipped cream.
  4. Add the second half of the biscuit.
  5. Add a dollop of whipped cream.
  6. Top with a strawberry!

Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!