Tools:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/ 2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold butter cut into pieces
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 container (8 ounces) strawberry cream cheese
- Fresh raspberries
- Fresh blueberries
- fresh sliced strawberies
- Whipped cream or topping
Makes: 10 shortcakes.
instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray pans with vegetable pan spray.
In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; mix well. Cut
in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives, until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
All at once, add milk; mix with fork just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Spoon equally into prepared pans.
Bake 20-22 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool slightly.
Spread cream cheese into cavity of cooled shortcake; top with berries and a dollop of whipped
cream or topping.
NOTE: If desired, substitute yellow cake batter for shortcake mixture. Bake in prepared
pans 18-20 minutes. You will need to double the amount of cream cheese and berries. Assemble
shortcakes as above.