Strawberry shortcake is awesome. Just awesome.  The strawberry shortcake recipe I’m going to show you is incredibly easy and is pretty cheap to make.

Basically, we’re just going to make some sweet biscuits, and we’re going to smother them in syrupy strawberry chunks.  Since strawberries are in season, now is the perfect time to try some recipes that use them.  Let’s get down to it.

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 Cup Crisco (do not melt)
• 2/3 Cup milk
• 1/4 – 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1 lb. strawberries
• 1/4 – 1/2 Cup of additional sugar for the strawberries

The Process:

1. Overnight Preparation: The night before you make your strawberry shortcake, slice your strawberries into pieces over a bowl.  Sprinkle 1/4 – 1/2 of a cup of sugar over the strawberries, and stir them up.  Put the bowl of sugar-strawberry mix in the refrigerator.  Doing so will juice the strawberries, turning them into a tasty, syrupy mix we will use later.
2. Cooking the biscuits: Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix all the dry ingredients together.  Doing so will evenly distribute your dry ingredients throughout each biscuit, ensuring they all taste the same.
4. Cut shortening (Crisco) into the dry ingredients, and mix it all well.  The shortening will clump in the dry ingredients; try to make the clumps as small as possible.
5. Add milk, and mix thoroughly.  This will yield some good biscuit dough.
6. Begin tearing the dough off into balls about the size of the palm of your hand.  Pat the dough into round cakes about an inch to an inch-and-a-half thick, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake the biscuits in the oven for 10-12 minutes–until lightly brown on the edges.
8. Pull the biscuits out of the oven, and let them cool for about 5 minutes.
9. Place each biscuit in a bowl, and pour approximately 1/2 Cup of strawberries (and juicy syrup)  over.  If you want, you can mash the biscuit, mixing in the strawberries.  Either way, it tastes amazing.

Add a little whipped topping for extra goodness.

These biscuits are a cinch to make, and taste good even without strawberries.  Strawberry shortcake is an awesome dessert, and a great way to leave a good impression on dinner guests and family members alike.

Photo by MVI.

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