Fresh Apples Foster Shortcake
You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Fresh Apples Foster Shortcake a try. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 639 calories, 6g of protein, and 25g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up golden yummy apples, baking powder, cornstarch, and a few other things to make it today.
Instructions
Place rack in upper third of oven; preheat oven to 400F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
Combine flour, cornstarch, sugar, baking powder and salt. Using your fingers, 2 knives or a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in milk with a fork just until mixture is evenly moistened.
Spoon heaping 1/4 cupfuls of dough onto prepared baking sheet to make six rounds.
Sprinkle tops with cinnamon sugar.
Bake until golden, 18 to 20 minutes.
Make filling: Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
Add apples and cook, stirring, until tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
Add brown sugar, cinnamon and salt; cook until sugar has melted, about 1 minute.
Combine apple juice, rum and cornstarch in a small bowl.
Add to skillet and cook, stirring, until thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Allow sauce to cool and thicken, about 5 minutes.
To serve, cut biscuits in half horizontally.
Place bottoms Fresh Apples Foster Shortcake on individual serving plates. Spoon apple mixture onto biscuit bottoms and replace biscuit tops.
Serve warm with whipped cream, if desired.