heart-shaped strawberry shortcakes

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cups chilled butter, cut into pieces
• 1 egg
• 3 1/2 cups whipped cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups whipped cream, or as desired

Recipe

Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• sift the self-rising flour, 1/3 cup of sugar, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. mix in the cold butter pieces, and chop the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until the mixture looks like crumbs. in a separate bowl, whisk the egg and whipped cream together, and pour into the bowl containing the flour mixture; add milk and vanilla extract. stir to make a dough.
• turn the dough out a floured surface and knead until smooth, about 1 minute. spread the dough the prepared baking sheet. sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of sugar.
• bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes; allow the cake to cool completely. with a heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 16 hearts from the cake. it helps to wiggle the cutter slightly while cutting. remove cut-outs carefully to avoid breaking.
• mix strawberries with 3 tablespoons of sugar in a bowl; place a shortcake heart on a plate, and top with sweetened strawberries, then spoon about 2 tablespoons of whipped cream on the berries. top with another heart-shaped shortcake and serve.