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Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

July 1, 2010 by Nicole 50 Comments

Homemade Strawberry Shortcake

Since I’m still seeing tons of nice strawberries around, I decided to pull my favorite strawberry shortcake recipe up out of the archives.  This was originally posted back in May of 2007 when I was still living in Sicily.

The strawberry shortcake I grew up eating was always assembled using those little yellow sponge cake cups that can be found right next to the strawberries in almost any grocery store in the country.  As a child, I thought those little prepackaged treats were wonderful topped with strawberries and freshly whipped cream. But after tasting homemade strawberry shortcake for the first time several years ago, I walked away from those little yellow cakes and never looked back.

Strawberry Shortcake

4 cups fresh strawberries, rinsed, hulled, and sliced
4 – 6 tablespoons sugar (adjust to suit your own taste)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup cold milk
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
whipped cream (I prefer the real thing)

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

In a medium bowl, stir together the strawberries and sugar.  Set strawberries aside to macerate while you prepare the shortcakes.  In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and sugar.  Using a pastry blender or your fingertips, and working quickly, cut or rub the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.  Add milk and vanilla all at once to flour mixture and stir until just combined.

Using a large spoon, drop mixture into four equal piles on an ungreased baking sheet.  Bake 12 – 15 minutes at 425 degrees.  Remove biscuits to a rack and let cool for a few minutes.  To serve, split a warm biscuit in two, spoon 1/4 of the berry mixture over the bottom half (make sure you include lots of the juice), top with whipped cream and the other half of the biscuit.

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  1. Nicole says

    March 15, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Melissa - It should be baking powder, not soda. I'm so sorry for the mistake in the recipe instructions - it has been corrected!
    Reply
  2. O_cap says

    September 20, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    I LOVED IT!
    Reply
  3. Katie VH says

    March 29, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Thanks for posting this--I was really struggling to find a shortcake recipe that didn't require shortening. This is perfect and easy-even the kiddos could help.
    Reply
  4. MareeT says

    April 26, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    This recipe looks delicious! I agree that you can definitely outgrow those little sponge cake shells!
    Reply
  5. Natasha says

    April 28, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    My hubby and I were looking for a dessert to follow-up a hideous meal. We were experimenting with something new and it was an epic fail. So we were ready for something really tastey for dessert and that's when we came upon this recipe. It was divine. Thanks for sharing. We will definitely be making it again.
    Reply
  6. Berries are the Best! says

    May 29, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Thank you for posting this! Friday night, we are hopefully going to be celebrating a promotion for the most important person in my life! I will be making these and mini apple pies in ramakins for my family! What a great treat this time of year.
    Reply
  7. Chelsea says

    February 1, 2013 at 4:37 pm

    If you add some Orange and lemon zest it makes it out of this world~! and for those of you who don't know how to zest it's where you grate the peel of the orange or lemon and it adds just the right amount of citrus.
    Reply
  8. Samantha says

    April 20, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    These were so great but they were burned on the bottome but still pretty doughy that I had to put them back in the oven. What should I do differently?
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  9. Diann says

    April 21, 2014 at 4:38 am

    By far....thee best strawberry shortcake I have ever eaten. I had my 2 grand children for a few days while their mom was out of town. I decided to make them & my son (their dad) strawberry shortcake for dessert, after I came upon this recipe. When all three of them gave me thumbs up and requested seconds.....I knew I had a winner. My 4yr old grandson kept telling me that this was most delicious. I topped the whipping cream with a sprinkle of cinnamon. I was never a big fan of SS myself, but I am now, thanks to this recipe. Well done!!!!
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  10. Rosemary says

    July 7, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    Definitely the most amazing strawberry shortcake ever, will be making this again and again!
    Reply
  11. Millie says

    May 13, 2015 at 9:09 am

    i had the same problem as Samantha. Any fixes?
    Reply
  12. plasterer bristol says

    March 29, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    This sounds absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Simon
    Reply
  13. Panda says

    October 4, 2016 at 4:42 pm

    I didn't even know that there were little packaged shortcakes! Thanks, this was a lifesaver. I go to Indiana every year to visit my family, and my nana, (grandmother) had made the whole family shortcakes every year. My mom wasn't there that year and my nana suddenly became very intent that I pass on the tradition of making shortcakes. She didn't give me a recipe and I'm hopeless at improv, so here I am! Thanks again for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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