Strawberry Shortcake Old Fashioned Style!

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 -7 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 cups chilled whipping cream
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into pieces
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
• 1 1/4 cups half-and-half cream

Recipe

• 1 wash and hull the strawberries; drain.
• 2 place the berries in a large bowl, and sprinkle with sugar, cover and refrigerate (1 hour preferably).
• 3 prepare the shortcake.
• 4 set oven to 375°f.
• 5 grease 2 large baking sheets.
• 6 in a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar (if you prefer your shortcake less sweet, just use 1/2 cup sugar), baking powder and salt.
• 7 with a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the cold butter until particles are the size of small peas.
• 8 stir in egg, milk and extract (if using); mix only to combine (same method as for making biscuits).
• 9 on a lightly floured surface, gather up 1/2 cup dough per biscuit.
• 10 pat dough into 8 (4-inch) rounds.
• 11 bake for 15-17 minutes, or until golden brown; cool slightly (can fill with the whipped cream and strawberries when cake is still warm (it is actually the best this way!).
• 12 in a bowl, beat the whipping cream (can use more than the 3 cups of whipping cream if desired, just increase the sugar a little) with 4 tbsp sugar until stiff peaks form.
• 13 to serve, split the baked shortcakes into halves.
• 14 ladle strawberries in the middle and on top of the shortcake.
• 15 top with whipped cream.
• 16 delicious!