Small-Batch Strawberry Shortcakes

Name: Small-Batch Strawberry Shortcakes
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: ½ cup (2½ ounces; 71 grams), all-purpose flour; 1¼ teaspoons, granulated sugar, divided; ½ teaspoon, baking powder; Pinch , baking soda; ⅛ teaspoon, table salt; ⅓ cup, heavy cream; 8 ounces (227 grams), strawberries, hulled and sliced ¼ inch thick (1⅔ cups); 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon, lemon juice; ½ cup, heavy cream, chilled; 1 tablespoon, confectioners' sugar, plus extra for dusting (optional); ¼ teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2022

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit

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Perfectly portioned strawberry shortcakes, for summer or anytime..

SERVES2

TIME55 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For the shortcakes, we turned to our Easiest-Ever Biscuits recipe. We heated the cream to 95 to 100 degrees, which melted the solid particles of fat dispersed throughout it, thereby increasing the cream's fluidity. This step made our dough ...

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