Best Shortcake Biscuits Recipes

SUPER EASY STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Cut in shortening and mix to combine.
• Beat eggs in a separate bowl and mix in milk to combine. Add to the dry ingredients and mix until moistened. Pour batter evenly into each of the prepared muffin cups and transfer to the oven as quickly as possible.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

SHORTCAKE BISCUITS WITH BISQUICK®

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix baking mix, milk, eggs, sugar, and butter together in a bowl. Drop into 6 mounds on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Let cool before splitting and filling.

SWEET BISCUITS FOR BREAKFAST OR SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400, I place a rack in lowest position in the oven.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Cut in butter.
• Stir in liquid until it just begins to pull from the sides- it will be pretty moist.
• Spread 1/4 C flour on a pastry board and dump the dough onto the flour.
• Gently turn the dough until all sides are covered with flour.
• Knead by gently rubbing the dough into the flour, a scant 8 to 10 turns.
• Pat the dough into a 1 inch thich slab.
• Cut into rounds with a sharp round biscuit cutter- I use a 2 1/2 inch cutter-- you can push the scraps together to make room to cut a few more, try not to knead it too much.
• Place on insulated cookie sheet about 1/2 inch apart.
• Put in HOT oven and bake for 12- 15 minutes.
• You can test by lifting the top layer of the center biscuit; if it's done it will look dry inside and the edges will be golden.
• (I get 9 biscuits when I use a 2 1/2" cutter).

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE WITH BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Biscuits: Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl.
• Add the butter and rub it in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
• Gradually add the buttermilk, tossing with a fork until large moist clumps form.
• Gather the dought into a ball. Divide it into 4 pieces. Shape each piece into a 3-inch round. Transfer the rounds to a baking sheet, spacing them evenly.
• Bake the biscuits until a tester inserted into the centre comes out dry (about 20 minutes) - the biscuits will be pale. Transfer the biscuits to a rack and cool until they are lukewarm. (The biscuits can be prepared 6 hours ahead; cool, wrap tightly in aluminum foil, and store at room temperature; before serving, reheat the biscuits in a 350 F oven for 5 minutes).
• Strawberry Filling: Combine the strawberries, 1/2 cup sugar, and raspberry preserves in a large bowl. Toss to coat. Let the strawberries stand for about one hour until a syrup forms, tossing occasionally.
• Whipped Cream: Beat the chilled whipping cream, vanilla extract, and remaining 3 tbsp of sugar in another large bowl until stiff peaks form. (The whipped cream can be made 6 hours ahead; cover separately and chill).
• Assemble: Cut the buttermilk biscuits in half. Place each biscuit bottom in a shallow bowl. Top each generously with strawberries and whipped cream. Cover the fruit and cream with the biscuit tops. Dust the biscuits with powdered sugar and serve.

CAROLINA BUTTERMILK BISCUITS (AND/OR SOUTHERN SHORTCAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500°. In a bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, sugar, baking soda and salt. Work the butter or lard in until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the buttermilk and stir until the dough forms a ball.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and fold it over onto itself 10 times. Pat the dough out to an 8-inch square. Using a 2 1/2-inch round cutter, stamp out 12 biscuits; reroll the scraps and stamp out more biscuits.
• Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet and bake in the center of the oven for 8 minutes, or until golden. Serve hot.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, 3T sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture is in tiny pieces. Add sour cream.
• Gather together in a rough ball. Roll dough out to thickness of 1 inch. Cut into eight 3" rounds.
• Place on baking sheet. Sprinkle with 1T sugar. Bake for 20 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• Top with strawberries, whipped cream, etc.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE WITH BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine strawberries, 1/2 cup sugar and raspberry preserves in large bowl; toss to coat. Let stand until syrup forms, tossing occasionally, about 1 hour.
• Beat chilled whipping cream, vanilla extract and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar in another large bowl until stiff peaks form. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover separately and chill.)
• Cut Buttermilk Biscuits in half. Place each biscuit bottom in shallow bowl. Top each generously with strawberries and whipped cream. Cover fruit and cream with biscuit tops. Dust biscuits with powdered sugar and serve.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE WITH SOUR CREAM BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 and dust a large baking sheet with flour or use parchment paper.
• Combine sliced strawberries with sugar and let stand for 1 hour.
• Whip cream with a small amount of sugar (to your liking) and refrigerate.
• Make the biscuits by combining the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cut cold butter into the dry ingredients.
• Beat egg lightly and combine with the sour cream.
• Blend together briefly with a fork, form into a ball and place on floured counter.
• Roll dough out to about 3/4 inch thickness and cut about ten 2 1/2 inch biscuits.
• Place on baking sheet, brush tops with cream and sprinkle on sugar.
• Bake for 15 minutes, until well risen and golden brown.
• You will need 6 biscuits for the recipe.
• Split the warm biscuits and on the bottom half place 1/4 cup strawberries. Add the top and cover with whipped cream. You may garnish with a whole strawberry.

JERRY'S SOUR CREAM SHORTCAKE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat baking mat or a piece of parchment paper. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir in 1/4 cup sugar. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender or two knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in sour cream and milk. Scoop the dough into six high mounds evenly spaced on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Transfer the biscuits to a rack to cool slightly before splitting.

PERFECT SHORTCAKE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in medium bowl.
• Add shortening, and cut into dry ingredients.
• Add milk and egg yolk together, and mix just until all dry ingredients are moistened.
• Dump out onto a lightly floured surface and knead about 4-5 times (very lightly!) and pat dough into a 1/3 inch thickness.
• Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes.
• Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Serve with berries or other cut fresh fruit and sweetened whipped cream.
• Yum!

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE ON CORNMEAL BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with foil.
• Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and sugar in a food processor and process to blend. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is uniformly crumbly. Transfer to a bowl.
• Using a fork or your fingertips, lightly stir in the beaten egg and buttermilk, moistening the ingredients enough so they can be gathered together to form a ball of soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured board.
• Pat the dough until it is uniformly one-half inch thick or just slightly thicker. Cut into six four-inch rounds. You can re-form the scraps and cut those. Place the dough rounds on the baking sheet and bake until medium brown on the bottom and just beginning to brown on top - 14 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on racks.
• Rinse, hull and halve the strawberries. Sweeten to taste with superfine sugar and allow to macerate in kirsch. Whip the cream with one tablespoon of confectioners' sugar.
• To serve, split each of the shortcakes in half horizontally with a sharp knife. Spread the bottom halves with some of the whipped cream, top with strawberries, spread the undersides of the top halves with the rest of the cream, then cover the strawberries with the tops of the cakes. Dust the tops with sifted confectioners' sugar before serving.

GRANDMA'S SHORTCAKE DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450.
• 2. Combine all ingredients until batter is blended.
• 3. Using a tablespoon; drop onto a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray. If you have a nonstick cookie sheet; it works well also when sprayed with cooking spray.
• 4. Place in oven and bake about 10 minutes or untl golden brown.
• 5. Remove biscuits and cut in half and serve with your favorite fresh fruits of the season and top with your favorite whipped cream. Can be served hot or cold.

SWEET POTATO SHORTCAKE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Mash the drained sweet potatoes.
• Melt light butter, stir in sugar.
• Combine in bowl, mashed sweet potatoes, milk, butter/sugar mixture and cinnamon.
• Add biscuit mix and mix until blended, some lumps with remain.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheets lightly coated with non stick cooking spray, making 6 equal portions.
• If desired top each biscuit with raw sugar for a sweet and crunchy topping.
• Bake on high oven rack for 12-14 minutes or until golden and baked in center. Check for doneness with a toothpick.
• Serve with nonfat plain yogurt cheese and fresh fruit or your choice of butter, jam or honey.
• Makes a fluffy, light and sweet biscuit.

SELF-RISING CREAM BISCUITS FOR SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F; move a rack to the top third of the oven.
• Whisk together the flour and the sugar.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the vanilla into the cream.
• Make a well in the flour/sugar mixture, pour the vanilla and cream into the well, and stir until everything comes together. If there's dry flour around the sides and bottom of the bowl, stir in additional cream or milk until all the flour is moistened.
• Turn the dough onto a well-floured work surface, sprinkle flour on top of the dough, and fold it over several times.
• Pat the dough into a 7" circle about 1/2" thick.
• Use a sharp biscuit cutter (2 1/4" is a good size) to cut rounds. Place them on an ungreased or parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse sparkling sugar or cinnamon-sugar, if desired. This is a nice touch if you're going to use the biscuits for shortcake.
• Bake the biscuits for 12 to 16 minutes, until they're golden brown.
• Remove the biscuits from the oven, and cool them right on the pan, or on a rack.
• To make shortcake: Split the biscuits in half horizontally. Top each bottom half with berries or sliced fruit (and whipped cream, if desired). Add the top halves, and top with whipped cream.

SHORTCAKE BISCUITS

Steps:

• If you use unbleached all-purpose flour, substitute 1/4 cup (1 3/8 ounces) cornstarch for 1/4 cup of the flour. Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar. Stir in enough heavy cream to moisten the dough thoroughly. You'll probably use about 1 cup in the summer, 1 1/4 cups in the winter, and 1 cup + 2 tablespoons at the turn of the seasons. You want to be able to gather the dough togeteher, squeeze it, and have it hang together, without dry bits falling off. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, and very gently pat it into an 8" circle about 3/4" thick. Use a sharp biscuit cutter (we use a 2 1/4" cutter) to cut rounds. Dip the rounds into melted butter, and place them on a lightly greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with coarse sugar, if desired; this is a nice touch if you're going to use the biscuits for shortcake. Bake the biscuits in a preheated 425°F oven for 15 to 18 minutes, till they're golden brown. If you have any melted butter left over, brush it on the baked biscuits. "Serve hot!," says David. Yield: 10 large (about 2 1/2"), ultra-tender biscuits. To make Maine-style strawberry shortcake: Trim and slice 1 quart fresh strawberries. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar, stir, and set aside at room temperature for several hours; or refrigerate overnight. Whip 1 cup (8 ounces) heavy cream till it barely holds its shape. Sweeten to taste with granulated sugar. Split oven-warm biscuits in half. Top the bottom half of each with whipped cream, strawberries, more whipped cream, then the top half of the biscuit. Add a dollop of whipped cream and a slice of strawberry on top, as a garnish. Yield: 8 to 10 shortcakes.

SHORTCAKE BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Combine KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN cereal, egg and milk. Let stand about 2 minutes or until cereal softens.2. In medium mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Using pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add cereal mixture, stirring only until combined. Turn dough out on lightly floured board and knead gently about 5 times. Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness. Brush with melted margarine. Fold over and roll out again to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with floured 2 3/4-inch biscuit cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheet.3. Bake at 450°F about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot or cold, split and covered with fruit.