Scones (sweet biscuits) for Strawberry Shortcake
Scones (sweet biscuits) for Strawberry Shortcake

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Sweet Biscuits for Strawberry Shortcake The most common use for these sweet biscuits at our house has always been as the base for summer shortcake desserts, especially Strawberry Shortcake. We use whatever fresh fruit or berries are in season to make these delicious, easy desserts; peaches, nectaries, plums, cherries, blackberries, raspberries. This Appalachian inspired Strawberry Shortcake Recipe features biscuit scones, fresh strawberries, strawberry jam and whipped cream.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have scones (sweet biscuits) for strawberry shortcake using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Scones (sweet biscuits) for Strawberry Shortcake:
  1. Make ready 1 cup AP flour
  2. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp sugar, plus more for sprinkling
  3. Prepare 1/2 tbsp baking powder
  4. Take 1/4 tsp salt
  5. Get 4 tbsp cold butter, cubed
  6. Prepare 1/3 cup half-and-half, plus more for brushing

Maya lives on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. And to be completely forthright, the scenes that she shares from Alaska on social media were what initially beckoned me to follow her many years ago. [clickToTweet tweet="These Strawberry Shortcake Scones are flaky, tender, and filled with fresh strawberries and drizzled with a sweet and creamy glaze. #strawberries #scones #baking #biscuits #fantasticalfoodfight #breakfast #snack" quote="Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Scones are the perfect treat in the morning or afternoon!"] Strawberry Shortcake Scones made with sweet, ripe strawberries spooned between fluffy scone layers, drizzled with the berry juices and topped with sweetened whipped cream - summer perfection! Simple pleasures are the best and the tried and true recipes of old are still hanging in there. Scones tend to be dryer than biscuits, contain more sugar if sweet and often have some sort of inclusion like fruit, nuts and/or zest.

Instructions to make Scones (sweet biscuits) for Strawberry Shortcake:
  1. Preheat oven to 400°F
  2. In cold glass bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  3. Add cold butter and blend with a cold pastry blender or fork until coarse meal is formed.
  4. Add half-and-half and mix gently with a fork or spatula just until incorporated. It should still be kinda crumbly and that's the way you want it.
  5. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and fold over a couple of times just until it holds together.
  6. Pat to about 3/4 inch thick and cut into 4 3" biscuits. Mine were a little thinner, so I got 5 biscuits.
  7. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush tops with half-and-half and sprinkle with sugar.
  8. Bake 12-15 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
  9. For strawberry shortcake: Split biscuit, add mascerbated strawberries with syrup on bottom biscuit. Add whipped cream then biscuit top.

Biscuits are light, sometimes flaky and moist with a less sweet flavor profile than scones (if sweet). They're made with butter, lard or some other fat and milk, cream or. Too much mixing makes batter tough. And you don't want tough scones. Just as our strawberry shortcake recipe has streusel, we wanted to add streusel to the scones.

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