Individual Strawberry Shortcakes

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2007

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Tea Time

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
13 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: 6 min
Cook: 13 min
Total:: 44 min

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Ingredients

1 quart strawberries, hulled and quartered
1/4 cup sugar plus 3 tablespoons sugar, plus 8 teaspoons
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons butter, cold and cubed
2/3 cup half-and-half, plus 1/4 cup
Sweetened whipped cream
Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

In a medium mixing bowl, toss the strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar together. Set aside until time to serve.

In the bowl of a food processor, pulse together flour, baking powder, salt and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Then pulse in the cold butter cubes until a coarse meal is formed. Turn the flour mixture out into a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center. Pour in 2/3 cup half-and-half and gently mix it in with a rubber spatula or fork, be careful not to over mix the dough or the biscuits will be tough.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and fold it over itself a couple of times until it just holds together. Pat the dough out to 3/4-inch thickness and cut out 8 round 3-inch biscuits.

Transfer the biscuits to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Brush the tops of each biscuit with the remaining half-and-half and sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon sugar. Bake in a preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until the biscuits have risen and are a light golden brown.

Remove from the oven and let cool slightly. Split each biscuit, spoon some strawberries on the bottom piece, then whipped cream and top with the other biscuit half. Garnish with fresh mint and more strawberries.

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recipe Individual Strawberry Shortcakes
Whitney Columbia, MO 05-31-2009
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adorably cute and fun to eat!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I loved this recipee but I accidently got my amounts of sugar mixed up and put 1/4 cup in...I know totally dumb mistake... right? But actually they turned out perfect and the extra sugar made them even better!!!!Read more
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kassandra spring hill, TN 04-21-2009
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actually reccommend the semi-homemade one
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

my version of homemade strawberry shortcakes are made with bisquick and some extra sugar so they're sweet. i think the recipe... is on the box too but i always eyeball it. i sometimes make 'em in a pan but you can bake as well i think. then i just sweeten up some strawberries and top. also for valentine's day i made heart shaped cakes and made heart shaped strawberries by cutting a "V" in the top of a whole strawberry where the stem was and then slicing it in half. i also used a bit of the strawberry juice to turn the whipped cream pink. then i made smoothies with seasonal fruit. but i digress......Read more
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Christine Los Angeles, CA 03-28-2009
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Perfect
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These shortcakes were incredibly easy to make, and turned out great. Apparently there was an error regarding the correct... amount of flour before, but that has since been fixed (it is now listed as 2 cups of flour, which is correct.) I am a strawberry shortcake fanatic and these could not have been better!Read more
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Anonymous 06-19-2008
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YUMMY
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was in the mood for some homeade strawberry shortcake, and came across this. The reviews made it sound like it was worth... making, and they were right. Super simple and very delicious. I've made this twice and have had no troubles and have had many compliments.Read more
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SHIRLEY Ozark, CA 04-27-2008
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Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I would use a little more 1/2 & 1/2 -- as the dough is very dry and falls apart. The taste is wonderful
recipe Individual Strawberry Shortcakes
LAURA miami, FL 09-15-2007
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Too Salty
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

They are too salty. I will try making them with 1/8 tsp salt the next time. Otherwise they are very good.