by Diana Rattray
Sweetened scones make a fabulous base for these strawberry shortcakes. The biscuit-like scones are made with cream and butter. Split the scones, add strawberries and whipped cream, and enjoy!
Recipe Variations
- Use homemade or purchased biscuits as the base for the strawberry shortcakes.
- Instead of scones, serve the strawberries and whipped cream over layers of pound cake or pancakes.
- Add a splash of orange liqueur to the strawberries.
- Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the whipped cream.
Strawberry Shortcake Scones
These strawberry shortcakes are served with freshly whipped cream on a base of homemade vanilla cream scones.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Desserts, Scones, Strawberries
Ingredients
Scale
Scones
Glaze
Whipped Cream
Instructions
- Rinse the strawberries; hull them and slice thinly. In a medium bowl, combine the sliced strawberries with 1/4 cup sugar. Cover and refrigerate.
- Heat oven to 375 F.
- Lightly grease a scone pan or baking sheet.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, 1/3 cup of granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt; stir to blend. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or fingers until the mixture is similar to coarse crumbs.
- In another bowl, whisk 1 egg with vanilla and 1/2 cup cream.
- Stir the cream mixture into the flour mixture just until combined.
- On a floured surface, knead the dough a few times. Pat the dough into the scone pan or pat into a circle and cut into biscuits or triangles.
- For the glaze, whisk 1 egg with 2 tablespoons of cream.
- Place dough triangles in the scone pan or place cut-outs on the baking sheet; brush scones with the glaze mixture. If desired, top with a large-grain decorating sugar.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until lightly browned.
- Meanwhile, beat the 1 cup of heavy cream until the cream begins to stiffen; beat in powdered sugar until the mixture holds peaks.
- Split the scones in half horizontally; spoon strawberries over the bottom. Put the top of the scone on the strawberries and top with whipped cream and a few strawberry slices.
