Strawberry shortcakes: Perfectly sweet tea time treats

Do you love baking? How about baking for those brunch times with your friends and favoourite people? Pastries are often the answer and these mini strawberry shortcakes are the way to go. They almost look like scones but with a short pastry which is so buttery that it melts in your mouth with the creamy filling. The strawberries don’t just add colour, but that iconic sweet flavour is hard to miss.

Strawberry shortcakes tips

There are a few ways that you can present your shortcakes. Either bake and break them open like scones or put them into muffin tins. However, if you use muffin tins, weigh them down with rice or baking weights. You can sandwich them together with the filling or make beautiful open treats witht eh fresh strawberries on top. You can sprinkle them with icing sugar either way and enjoy the creamy filling and pastry just the same.

For that iconic sweetness to go with your favourite cup of tea, try our mini strawberry shortcakes. It’s a celebration of baking and friendship.

Strawberry shortcakes recipe

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Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: DessertCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

6

servings

Prep time

20

minutes

Baking Time

12

minutes

Total time

32

minutes

Ingredients

• 250 g self-raising flour

• ½ tsp salt

• 90 g butter

• 30 g castor sugar

• 1 egg

• 4 tbsp milk

• milk to glaze

• For the filling

• 250 ml double cream

• 1 tbsp icing sugar, sieved

• 250 g strawberries, hulled

Method

• Sift together flour and salt and rub in butter. Beat the egg with the milk. Add sugar and mix to a soft, but not sticky, dough with egg and milk.
• Turn out on to a lightly floured table, knead quickly until smooth, then roll out to 1cm thickness. Cut into 6 rounds with a plain cutter.
• Place on a greased baking tray and brush tops with milk.
• Bake in a 200°C oven for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool on a wire tray but, whilst still warm, split each shortcake in half by pulling carefully apart and not cutting with a knife.
• To serve, slice strawberries keeping 6 whole for decoration.
• Sandwich shortcakes together with cream and sliced strawberries.
• Dust tops with icing-sugar and decorate serving plate with whole strawberries.

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