5.0 from 42 votes
Easy Strawberry Shortcake
Easy Strawberry Shortcakes with freshly made sweetened biscuits, homemade whipped cream and lightly sweet strawberries in less than an hour.
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 8 Servings
Calories: 486 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup sugar , divided
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter , cold, cut into small cubes
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup coarse sanding sugar
- 2 pints strawberries , hulled and sliced
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Add the flour, 2 tablespoons sugar baking powder, salt and butter into a food processor and pulse until the butter is in pea sized crumbles.
- Add in the milk, pulsing until the dough comes together.
- Using a cookie scoop, add the shortcake dough onto a silicon baking mat on a sheet pan and sprinkle each dough mound with 1/2 tablespoon of coarse sanding sugar.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes.
- While the biscuits are baking, add the remaining two tablespoons of sugar to the bowl with the strawberries and stir together.
- In a medium sized bowl add the heavy cream and beat with a hand mixer or in your stand mixer until soft peaks form.
- Add in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar and whip for an additional 15-20 seconds until stiff peaks form.
- Once the biscuits are cooled, split them in half, top with strawberries and whipped cream (Using a spoon or a pastry bag with a #1 tip), then top with the biscuit top.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
486kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
51g
(17%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
29g
(45%)
Saturated Fat
17g
(85%)
Cholesterol
99mg
(33%)
Sodium
235mg
(10%)
Potassium
450mg
(13%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
22g
(44%)
Vitamin A
1115IU
(22%)
Vitamin C
69.9mg
(78%)
Calcium
163mg
(16%)
Iron
2.1mg
(12%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 486
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 486kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 51g | 17% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 29g | 45% |
| Saturated Fat | 17g | 85% |
| Cholesterol | 99mg | 33% |
| Sodium | 235mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 450mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 1115IU | 22% |
| Vitamin C | 69.9mg | 78% |
| Calcium | 163mg | 16% |
| Iron | 2.1mg | 12% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.