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Strawberry - Strawberry pie

Old-Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake

Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

Berries:

  • 1 quart strawberries, washed, hulled, and sliced
  • 1/2  cup sugar

Biscuits:

  • 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon  salt
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • teaspoons cold butter (or try this method!)
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Instructions
 

Berries

  • Combine in a medium bowl, cover, and place in the refrigerator to chill

Biscuits

  • Preheat oven to 425º F. Add the dry biscuit ingredients to a large mixing bowl. Using a pastry cutter, fingertips, or two knives, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. It should still have a few pea-size chunks of butter left in the mixture. Add the buttermilk and mix with a fork until just moist.
  • Turn dough onto a lightly floured board or pastry cloth. Knead lightly 2 or 3 times, folding it over on itself a few times until it holds together. Do not overwork the dough!
  • Gently roll out dough to 3/4-inch thickness. With cutter 2-1/2 inches in diameter, cut out 7 biscuits. Place one in the center of a greased 8-inch layer cake pan. Arrange remaining biscuits around it.
  • Bake 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Keyword Old-Fashioned, Strawberry Shortcake