Strawberry Shortcake
Recipe Author:
Tree-Ripe Fruit Co.
Prep time: 25 Mins
Cook time: 15 Mins
Inactive time: 1 Hour
Total time: 1 hr 40 mins
Number of servings: 6
Cook time: 15 Mins
Inactive time: 1 Hour
Total time: 1 hr 40 mins
Number of servings: 6
This recipe features our Michigan strawberries from Walker Farms available every spring.
Ingredients
Strawberry Topping Ingredients
- 3 pints strawberries
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Shortcakes Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, (plus extra for cutting)
- 1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
- 1 ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons raw sugar
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 1 egg white
Whipped Cream Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Turn oven on to 425 and chill mixing bowl in freezer.
- Hull all strawberries. Crush or puree one-pint strawberries and quarter the remaining two pints.
- Combine all strawberries with ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, and lemon juice. Refrigerate until service.
- Mix 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 3 tablespoons granulated sugar.
- Chop butter into small cubes and quickly cut into dry ingredients with a pastry cutter.
- Beat egg and combine with buttermilk. Add to dry shortcake ingredients and gently stir. If the dough is dry, add 1 tablespoon at a time until dough is the correct consistency.
- Place dough on a floured work surface and knead twice.
- Gently roll dough to ¾ in thick rectangle. Cut six shortcake rounds with a biscuit cutter. Gather remaining dough, reform, and cut into rounds.
- Beat egg white and brush tops of shortcakes. Sprinkle raw sugar on shortcakes.
- Place shortcakes on baking sheet and bake until golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Place on cooling rack until service.
- In the chilled mixing bowl add heavy cream, 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, and vanilla extract.
- Using a mixer, whisk on medium for one minute until cream thickens, then high until stiff peaks form. Refrigerate until service.
- Slice shortcakes in half, serve strawberries and whipped cream on the bottom of the shortcake and place top on the whipped cream. Serve strawberry shortcakes immediately.