This is a great recipe that is fun to make and tastes great! It's a great family fun recipe to make with your kids and even a romantic dessert to enjoy with your loved one.
Ingredients
- ½ cups self-rising flour: 3 piece
- white sugar: 0.33333 cup
- ground cinnamon: 1 Tbsp
- ¼ cups chilled butter: 1 piece (cut into pieces)
- egg: 1 piece
- ½ cups whipped cream: 3 piece
- milk: 0.25 cup
- vanilla extract: 1 Tbsp (to taste)
- white sugar: 2 Tbsp
- quart fresh strawberries: 1 piece (sliced)
- white sugar: 3 Tbsp
- whipped cream: 2 cups (or as desired)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Sift the self-rising flour, 1/3 cup of sugar, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the cold butter pieces, and chop the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until the mixture looks like crumbs. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and whipped cream together, and pour into the bowl containing the flour mixture; add milk and vanilla extract. Stir to make a dough.
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Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth, about 1 minute. Spread the dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of sugar.
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Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes; allow the cake to cool completely. With a heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 16 hearts from the cake. It helps to wiggle the cutter slightly while cutting. Remove cut-outs carefully to avoid breaking.
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Mix strawberries with 3 tablespoons of sugar in a bowl; place a shortcake heart on a plate, and top with sweetened strawberries, then spoon about 2 tablespoons of whipped cream on the berries. Top with another heart-shaped shortcake and serve.
