Strawberry Shortcake

Total Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, chilled
• 2/3-3/4 cup half-and-half or 2/3-3/4 cup milk or 2/3-3/4 cup cream
• 1 quart strawberry
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream or 1 1/2 cups cool whip, for topping

Recipe

• 1 rinse the berries under cold water; drain well. hull and slice the betties; place ina a bowel.
• 2 sprinkle with sugr; cover and let stand at room temper ature for abotu 1 hour. whi[ the cream *sweetened with 2 -4r 3 tbspl. of surar, if desired) until it hold a soft peak. coer and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 3 preheat oven to 425°f set rack at center level.
• 4 in a food processor, (you cna use a pastry cutter or finer tips) combine the flour, bakng powder, salt and sugar, pulse to mix.
• 5 cur butter into about 8 pieces and add to the mixrture. pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal, but with a few pea-size hunks of butter left in the mixture.
• 6 transfer the mixture to a large bowl and make a well in the center. with a fork stir in the cream or milk, just until dough is moist.
• 7 be very careful not to overwork. the dough doesn't have to hold together well at this point. let the dough stand for a minute. turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. fold the dough over on itself (knead) 2 or 3 times, until it is holding together and is less sticky.
• 8 gently pat the dough into a 6x12-inch rectangle about 3/4 -inch thick and cut into eight 3-inch biscuits with a floured round cutter.
• 9 transfer to a buttered foil-lined cookie sheet. brush on a little mik or cream and sprinkle tops with some sugar, if desired.
• 10 bake for 10-15 minutes, until risen and golden brown, remove to a platter and split each biscuit horizontally with a serrated knife.
• 11 butter the hot biscuits then top with about 1/3 cup of berry mixture. replace the tops and top with a tablespoon or so of berries. serve with whipped cream for topping.