The Original Bisquick® Strawberry Shortcakes

Name: The Original Bisquick® Strawberry Shortcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 cups strawberries, stems removed and sliced; 2/3 cup white sugar; 2 1/3 cups original Bisquick baking mix; 1/2 cup milk; 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted; 1/2 cup whipping cream; vanilla; 1 teaspoon white sugar

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Recipe by Feast Your Eyes

The original Old Fashioned Shortcake recipe appeared on the first Bisquick® box in 1931. It's said that an advertising slogan promised – “Here’s the Kind of Strawberry Shortcake Your Husband Will Rave About.” Shortcakes are the sweet cousin of the dinner bisquit, and these easy-to-prepare treats have stood the test of time in my family. It started with my mom who made her Bisquick® strawberry shortcakes with her garden grown strawberries and REAL homemade whipping cream. Some thirty years later my sistes and I are still baking up these sweet treats.

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READY IN: 22mins

SERVES: 6

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

BISQUITS
4

cups strawberries, stems removed and sliced
²⁄₃

cup white sugar
2 ¹⁄₃

cups original Bisquick baking mix
¹⁄₂

cup milk
3

tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
WHIPPED TOPPING
¹⁄₂

cup whipping cream
vanilla
1

teaspoon white sugar

DIRECTIONS

In medium bowl, stir together strawberries and 1/2 cup sugar; set aside for about 1 hour.
Heat oven to 425°F
In another medium bowl, stir Bisquick® mix, milk, 3 tablespoons sugar, and melted butter until a soft dough forms.
Drop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls into 6 mounds onto ungreased cookie sheet; dust with sugar.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Meanwhile, in a chilled small bowl whip the cream, adding a drop or two of vanilla and a teaspoon of sugar. Beat with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form.
Serve one of two ways:.
1. Split warm shortcakes; fill and top with strawberries and whipped cream, or
2. Break up one biscuit per person into big pieces into a dessert bowl. Ladle strawberries over the biscuit; add a dolop of whipped cream.
COOK'S TIP: Alternatives to strawberries could include raspberries, blueberries & peaches, and my favorite, apricots & honey (Soak dried apricots in warm water for 1 hour; chop fine. Gently toss apricots with honey and let stand awhile to blend flavors. Serve over shortcakes.).

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