Stawberry Short Cake

By chris5863

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 A/P flour
• 2 T sugar
• 1 T baking powder
• 1/2 t grated orange peel
• 3 T butter cut into pieces
• 3/4 Cup Skim milk
• Filling
• 2 pints fresh stawberries, sliced
• 1 T orange juice
• 1 T sugar
• Whipped cream

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 60mins
Cooking time 72mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450

Spray a cookie sheet with Pam

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, and baking powder. Stir in the orange peel. Using a pastry lender cut the butter into the flour mixture until a coars crumb forms. Quickly stir in the milk until a soft dough forms.

On a lighly floured surface roll out dough to 1/2" thickness. Using 2.5" biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits. Gather trimmings, re-roll and cut out more placing on the baking sheet. Bake until bolden, about 12 minutes and then cool on a wire rack.

In a large bowl combine stawberries, orange juice and sugar, mix well.

Split biscuits in half, top each bottom with berry mixture and whipping cream, top and garnish.