Melt-away Strawberry Shortcakes

Name: Melt-away Strawberry Shortcakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 355 milliliters About all-purpose flour; 76 grams 1/3 cup butter or margarine, in chunks; 0 teaspoons salt; 946 milliliters sliced strawberries (1/4 in. thick); 7 Tbsps About sugar; 1 teaspoons vanilla; 355 milliliters whipping cream

Melt-away Strawberry Shortcakes might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 517 calories, 6g of protein, and 33g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It will be a hit at your Mother's Day event. If you have sugar, whipping cream, margarine, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Add butter and cut in with a pastry blender or rub in with your fingers until fine crumbs form.

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Butter

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Blender

Add 3/4 cup cream and stir with a fork until dough holds together.

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Cream

Dough

On a lightly floured board, knead dough just until smooth, 3 or 4 turns. Coat board with more flour and roll dough into a 4- by 8-inch rectangle. With a floured knife or fluted cutter, cut into 6 equal rectangles. Space rectangles 2 inches apart on a 12- by 15-inch baking sheet.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Knife

Sprinkle evenly with 1 teaspoon sugar.

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Sugar

Bake in a 375 regular or 350 convection oven until shortcakes are deep golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Let cool on sheet at least 15 minutes.

As shortcakes bake, in a bowl, gently mix strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar. In another bowl, with a mixer on medium-high speed, whip remaining 3/4 cup cream, 1 tablespoon sugar, and vanilla until mixture holds soft mounds; cover and chill.

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Strawberries

Vanilla

Mounds Bar

Cream

Sugar

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With a serrated knife, split shortcakes in half horizontally. Set bottoms cut side up on plates. Mound strawberries and whipped cream on bottoms. Set tops cut side down on fruit and cream.

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Whipped Cream