Easy Strawberry Shortcake

Yield: Serves 6 | Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes

The refrigerator era of cooking offered the opportunity for home cooks to make recipes that they’d normally only get at restaurants, like strawberry shortcake. Dairy products were more readily used now that they could be properly stored.

INGREDIENTS

1½ cups all-purpose flour

2½ teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

½ teaspoon kosher salt

Zest of 1 lemon

½ cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter

½ cup buttermilk

2 tablespoons coarse sugar

1 (15-ounce) can refrigerated whipped cream

3 cups fresh sliced strawberries

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, granulated sugar, salt, and lemon zest in a small bowl (or food processor).
  3. Add the butter and cut it in with a fork or pastry cutter or pulse a few times with a food processor until you have coarse crumbs. Stir in the buttermilk.
  4. Drop the dough onto the baking sheet. Sprinkle with coarse sugar and lemon zest. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
  5. Cut the biscuits in half and spoon some of the whipped cream in between each half. Serve with fresh strawberries.