Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake

Steps to make

1. 1

   Prepare strawberry mash

   10 min
   

   In a bowl, combine 1 cup strawberry halves, 1/3 cup sugar, orange juice, vanilla, and lemon juice and mash with a potato masher, well. Add another 2½ cups strawberry halves. Cover and chill.

2. 2

   Combine dry ingredients

   1 min
   

   In a bowl, combine flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

4. 3

   Add butter

   1 min
   

   Add butter, with a blender or 2 knives to form coarse crumbly bits.

5. 4

   Add buttermilk

   2 min
   

   Stir in buttermilk, until the dough becomes moist and sticky.

6. 5

   Shape dough

   5 min
   

   Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead lightly 4 times. Pat dough into a 6 x 4-inch rectangle shape and cut dough into 6 squares.

7. 6

   Bake dough

   12 min
   

   Place dough on a baking sheet with cooking spray for greasing and bake at 425 °F for 12 minutes. Then remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.

8. 7

   Serve

   5 min
   

   Once cooled, on a serving plate, cut the shortcakes in half, horizontally. Spoon ¼ cup of the strawberry mixture over one half, top with the second half of shortcake, and add another ¼ cup of the strawberry mixture, on top of that, making a strawberry shortcake sandwich. Top each ‘sandwich’ with 1 tablespoon of the double whipped cream and garnish with whole strawberries, if you wish.