Homemade Strawberry Shortcake From-Scratch
This easy from scratch homemade strawberry shortcake recipe is the perfect base for your favorite fruit toppings
Servings: 8 to 10
Ingredients
- 3 cups of strawberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Rinse hull, and chop strawberries. Mash lightly with a potato masher or fork for juicier berries. Sprinkle with sugar and allow to sit at room temperature for 2 hours. (If you're short on time, an hour will do.)
Shortcake
- ½ cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- 1 ¾ cup flour use soft white wheat berries to grind your own of cake flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Using a mixer, beat in 1 egg at a time.
- Add yogurt and vanilla to wet ingredients.
- Combine dry ingredients with wet and blend well.
- Pour into a greased muffin tin and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until center of cake is set. Serve with sweetened strawberries on top and a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Notes
If you don't have a muffin tin, you can grease a 8x8 pan and bake for 40 minutes. Then cut into squares.
