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Classic Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake
  • 4-5 Cups fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
  • 1/3 Cup sugar
  • 3 Cups All Purpose flour
  • 1/4 Cup sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. aluminum free Baking powder, like this brand
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 Cups Cold buttermilk, divided
  • 3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • Coarse sugar for sprinkling on top, like this Turbinado
  • 2 cups cold Heavy cream
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla extract, I like this brand
  • 1/3 Cup powdered sugar
sliced strawberries on a wood cutting board
butter cut up in a white bowl
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Adding buttermilk to the flour mixture for sweet biscuits
biscuit dough on a parchment sheet
Biscuit dough rolled out

Step 4

biscuit dough cut into squares
Biscuit dough cut into squares, brushed with buttermilk, and sprinkled with Turbinado sugar
Golden brown Sweet biscuits fresh from the oven

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Strawberry Shortcake with whipped cream on a dessert plate
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake
Old Fashioned Sweet Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake
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Strawberry Shortcake with whipped cream on a dessert plate

Rustic Homemade Classic Strawberry Shortcake

Yield: 12
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Additional Time: 12 hours
Total Time: 12 hours 35 minutes

Old Fashioned Sweet Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake recipe made completely from scratch. Recipes included for the sweet biscuits, soaking the strawberries and making homemade whipped cream. This recipe is a real treat, especially during strawberry season.

Ingredients

  • 4-5 Cups fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
  • 1/3 Cup sugar

Sweet Biscuit Ingredients

  • 3 Cups All Purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp. aluminum free Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 Cups Cold buttermilk, divided
  • 3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • Coarse sugar for sprinkling on top

Whipped Cream Ingredients

  • 2 cups cold Heavy cream
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
  • 1/3 Cup powdered sugar

Instructions

Preparing the Strawberries

Wash your strawberries and then slice off the tip end, the part with the leaves

Slice the strawberries lengthwise. Depending on how big your strawberries are, you should be able to get at least three slices per strawberry.

Place the strawberries in a large bowl. Sprinkle with the sugar then toss to coat all. Cover with plastic wrap and sit in the refrigerator several hours or overnight. Stir occasionally while the strawberries are soaking. You can see the syrup beginning to form.

Making the Biscuits

Preheat your oven to 400° and prepare the dough. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

Add the cubed cold butter to the dry ingredients. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter. Dough should be crumbly when finished.

Add 1 1/4 cups cold buttermilk to the flour mixture and stir just until combined. The dough should be a little wet but still just a bit crumbly too. Be careful not to over work the dough.

Prepare your surface with a disposable kitchen papers or mat and a dusting of flour

Place the dough onto your prepared surface then roll into a rectangle shape, about 3/4″ thick.

Trim the edges using a sharp knife. 

Cut the dough into 12 equal squares.

Lightly brush the tops of your biscuits with the remaining buttermilk.

Sprinkle the Turbinado sugar onto the top of the wet biscuits.

Transfer the biscuits carefully to a large, rimmed baking sheet. Place in your pre-heated oven and bake for about 14-15 minutes or until nice and golden brown. Oven temps vary so you need to begin checking after about 10 minutes.

Allow the biscuits to cool for a minute or so after removing from the oven then transfer to a wire rack to completely cool.

Making the Whipped Cream

Make the whipped cream while the biscuits are cooling.

Remove the heavy cream from the refrigerator, we need it to be cold for this recipe. Beat all three ingredients in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

How to assemble your Strawberry Shortcakes

Cut your cooled biscuits in half.

Top the bottom half of the biscuit with whipped cream. Then top the whipped cream with a generous scoop of your soaked strawberries.

Add the biscuit top followed by more strawberries and finally another dollop of whipped cream.

These can be garnished with a sprig of mint.

Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition Information
Yield 12 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 492Total Fat 27gSaturated Fat 17gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 77mgSodium 467mgCarbohydrates 58gFiber 7gSugar 26gProtein 7g

Nutrition information is estimated and may not be exact based on uncontrolled variables in home kitchens used by each individual cook.

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