How to Build Traditional Strawberry Shortcakes with a Biscuit Mix

Three Ways to Cut Your Prep Time in Half

1. Use a Just-Add-Water Biscuit Mix - To use a biscuit mix to make shortcakes, see the next section. You can drop them on a sheet—like in the image here—or roll them and cut like biscuits. It only takes minutes.
2. Strawberry Slicer - You’ll cut your prep time in half and your presentation will be prettier with a strawberry slicer.
3. Use a Straw - A plastic straw is the quickest, best way to hull strawberries. You’ll waste less berry than with a knife and they’ll look better too.

Shortcake Recipe

• 3 cups just-add-water biscuit mix
• 2 large eggs
• Milk or cream
• 1/3 cup sugar

1. Measure the mix into a medium bowl.
2. Add the eggs to a 2-cup measuring cup. Add enough milk to make just over 3/4 cup of liquid.
3. Add the sugar and whisk the liquids and sugar together.
4. Make the biscuits per package directions
5. To shape your biscuits, you can use a scoop or a cutter. Add a little extra milk to make it a stiff, sticky dough. Then, use an ice cream scoop and scoop mounds onto your cookie sheet. The shortcakes at the top were made that way.

Use a round cutter about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Pat the dough to an inch thick to make nice tall shortcakes.

With the extra sugar, the biscuits will brown a little quicker. We turn the temperature down 25 degrees and watch the time. They’ll usually come out a minute or two earlier than what the package says even with the temperature down. 

Use full-size biscuits for a large strawberry shortcake. Try making some mini biscuits about an inch-and-a-half in diameter for a more standard sized serving.

To assemble your strawberry shortcakes, slice the strawberries into thin slices using a strawberry slicer and toss them with a little sugar. Split the shortcake open with a fork and lay one split biscuit on each plate. Spoon strawberries over the shortcakes and top with flavored whipped cream. These are best served fresh.

Caramel Whipped Cream

Instead of spray cans, make flavored whipped cream.

For the caramel whipped cream, use caramel flavor instead of vanilla and brown sugar instead of granulated. If you want to make your whipped cream more durable, add meringue powder as a stabilizer.

Orange Cloud Flavored Whipped Cream

This is a simple whipped cream made with orange flavor and orange zest, but the results are delicious.

Ingredients

• 2 cups whipping cream
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons orange flavor
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 2 tablespoons meringue powder

Directions

1. Whip the cream to soft peaks.
2. Add the sugar, flavor, and zest and continue whipping.

Fancy Strawberry Shortcakes