Cornmeal Peach Shortcakes

Name: Cornmeal Peach Shortcakes
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 Tbsp confectioners sugar; 177 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 79 milliliters milk; 2 peaches, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 4 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 59 milliliters yellow cornmeal

Cornmeal Peach Shortcakes might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 426 calories, 5g of protein, and 24g of fat each. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. If you have milk, cornmeal, heavy cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425F. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and 2 Tbsp. sugar.

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Baking Powder

Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Oven

Add butter and cut in with fingers or a pastry blender until it resembles coarse meal. Stir in milk and mix with a fork just until a rough dough begins to form. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead once or twice until dough just comes together.

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Butter

Dough

Milk

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Blender

Divide dough into 4 portions and lightly shape each one into a disk.

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Dough

Place dough disks on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake until golden, about 20 minutes.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

While shortcakes are baking, combine peaches and remaining 2 Tbsp. sugar in a bowl.

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Peach

Sugar

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Bowl

Let stand, stirring occasionally to dissolve sugar. In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, whip cream with confectioners' sugar until stiff peaks form. Split warm biscuits, top with peaches and any juices that have collected in bowl.

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Powdered Sugar