Mimi's Shortcake
"This is a recipe for the real shortcake, or better yet--a cream scone with no filling.
If you like strawberry shortcake, you'll love this. It is tender and flakey and oh, so yummy."
photo by Sweetiebarbara
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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6-8 shortcakes
ingredients
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SHORTCAKE OR CREAM SCONE
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup cold butter (unsalted preferred)
- 1 large egg (slightly beaten)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup low-fat whipping cream or 1/2 cup half-and-half
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EGG WASH
- 1 large egg (slightly beaten)
- 1 tablespoon cream
directions
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SHORTCAKE:
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Cube the COLD butter and put in the flour bowl.
- With a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter into small pieces; mixture should look like coarse crumbs.
- In a small bowl mix the egg, vanilla, and cream; whisk well.
- Add to flour mixture mixing just until the dough comes together; don't overmix.
- Put on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7" circle; cut with a circle cutter to about 1" thick.
- Put on ungreased baking sheet.
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EGG WASH:
- In a small bowl mix the ingredients for the egg wash and brush on the top of each shortcake.
- Bake in a 400 degree oven on a center rack for 15-18 minutes or till a toothpick put in the center comes out clean.
- Transfer to wire rack.
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Reviews
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This recipe is wonderful! I have used it many times for strawberry shortcake when we're having guests over - even my 2 nephews (10 & 5) were disappointed last time they were over and I hadn't made it! I usually add just a bit more sugar to the dough, as we prefer a slightly sweeter shortcake - and I also sprinkle some raw sugar on top before baking to give it a crunchy sweet top. They're always a hit! Also, my husband has celiac disease, so I have even substituted my gluten-free flour mix for the flour, added a couple teaspoons of xanthan gum, and it might just taste almost better than the original! GREAT recipe... :) -
This was excellent. I baked mine for the full 18 minutes. They were beautiful! A friend and I went and picked strawberries, I picked 25 pounds! I made jam, froze some, gave some away, made a strawberry cake (gave most of it away), and tonight made strawberry short cake. I used heart cookie cutters to cut out the shape, and cut an inner heart so that I could pile the strawberries in the inside of the bigger heart and use the smaller one for decoration. Thank you for the wonderful recipe!
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delicious recipe ,they hold the fruit well without getting soggy.I added candied ginger ,the zest of 1 orange and 1 teaspoon of almond extract instead of vanilla. This was for fresh peach shortcake when our neighboor gave us loads from his garden.thank you! -
Awesome recipe! Although next time I'm going to bake them for less than 15 minutes. They did get a bit brown on the bottom, even with being in the middle rack of the oven... -
Made these the other day, my first time and they came out perfect! Not too difficult at all, beautiful color and a wonderful taste.
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Tweaks
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delicious recipe ,they hold the fruit well without getting soggy.I added candied ginger ,the zest of 1 orange and 1 teaspoon of almond extract instead of vanilla. This was for fresh peach shortcake when our neighboor gave us loads from his garden.thank you!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mimi in Maine
Winthrop, 58
<p>John 3:3 <br />Psalm 91 <br /><br />We are born-again Christians and love the Lord Jesus Christ with all our being.? We attend a small Christian and Missionary Alliance church in our town.? <a href=http://www.cmalliance.org>http://www.cmalliance.org</a><br /><br />My family consists of my husband who was a microbiologist but is now retired, two children (daughter and son), four grandchildren, and soon to be two great grandchildren, a girl and a boy. I homeschooled my oldest granddaughter up to a senior in high school. She is now 29 years old. My oldest grandson, who is now 25; my youngest grandson, age 20; my youngest granddaughter is in seventh-grade. Our oldest granddaughter blessed us with our first great granddaughter and soon to be great grandson.? She is the cutest little one.? I love them all. <br /><br />Hosta is my favorite plant, the only plant I own. I now have 123 varieties and they all have names. I add to them each year. I love to do cross stitch, paint, scrapbook, and rubber stamping. <br /><br />I have a rare genetic lung disase called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Type ZZ) that most people have not even heard about. Most doctors may have heard of it but don't know an awful lot about it and so many times it goes misdiagnosed. Feel free to z-mail me if you want to know more about it or go to the website?<a href=http://www.alphaone.org/>http://www.alphaone.org/</a></p>
