An American Place Strawberry Shortcake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 mashed hard-cooked large egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 3 pints strawberries, cleaned and halved (quartered, if large)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- 1.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Lightly butter a baking sheet.
- 2.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and 4 tablespoons sugar into a bowl.
- Add the butter, using fingers to work it quickly into the flour until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Add the cream and yolks; stir with a fork until the dough just holds together.
- 3.
- Knead the dough on a floured surface until it is just smooth.
- Do not overwork.
- Roll the dough out 3/4-inch thick.
- Using a floured 2 1/2- or 3-inch cookie cutter, cut out 4 rounds.
- Gather the scraps, reroll; cut 2 more rounds.
- 4.
- Put the 6 rounds on the prepared baking sheet.
- Brush with the melted butter and sprinkle with the remaining tablespoon of sugar.
- Bake in the center of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until the biscuits are golden brown and firm to the touch.
- 5.
- For the filling, mix berries and sugar in a bowl.
- Chill.
- 6.
- Cool the biscuits on a rack; carefully split them in half.
- Heap the bottoms with strawberries.
- Dollop with the whipped cream, then replace the biscuit tops.
- Serve immediately with remaining whipped cream on the side.
flour, baking powder, sugar, cold unsalted butter, heavy cream, egg yolks, unsalted butter, pints strawberries, sugar, heavy cream
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/an-american-place-strawberry-shortcake-106681 (may not work)