
Recipe: Old-fashioned Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Shots – another new idea of the strawberry recipe. This tiny, shot-glass-sized shortcake with fluffy clouds of whipped cream would be perfect for upcoming spring parties!
Recipe Description
I’ve been dying to try this since stores started teasing me with fresh strawberries a few weeks ago. I will eat strawberries in almost any form, but one of my favorite ways to enjoy this near-perfect fruit is to make a nice strawberry shortcake.
Though I always make mine with fresh strawberries, I tend to use a shortcut and make it with pound cake or the synthetic, Twinkie-tasting cakes they stock next to the strawberries at the grocery stores. While it tastes just fine that way and definitely satisfies my shortcake craving, it’s just not the same as having the real thing. I have been trying to get back into baking and thought it would be fun to start off with something simple like making actual shortcake from scratch – but dessert shot sized. I envisioned my usual parfait-style shots, but with tiny, shot-glass sized shortcake biscuits. I couldn’t help but imagine how cute that would be and just had to try it over the weekend.
I figured if I was making the shortcake from scratch and would be using fresh strawberries, I would go for broke and make my own whipped cream. Cool Whip is fun, but it just didn’t seem right to use it with all this homemade goodness. It may sound like this is a lot of work for dessert shots but it really wasn’t that difficult. Shortcake is ridiculously easy and quick to make: the strawberries take care of themselves, and a few pulses with a hand blender is all it takes to turn cream into fluffy clouds of deliciousness.
I adapted the shortcake recipe from a Southern food website and don’t have much to note except that you can’t overwork your dough. I was very careful with mine, but if you do over-knead your dough you run the risk of having a very solid, hockey-puck-like result. If you’re new to making shortcakes from scratch, also remember that you don’t have to make it super-sweet, especially not for a strawberry shortcake recipe. The natural syrup the berries create will be more than enough sweetener for these tiny treats. This shortcake recipe is easily doubled, so if you plan on making a lot of these, you’ll be fine.
Lastly, have fun making these! Use more whipped cream if you can’t get enough of it, or if you’re a straight berry-lover, fill your shot glasses with just one shortcake biscuit and a ton of berries. These would be perfect for upcoming spring parties, bridal showers, or baby showers, or just to keep on hand in the fridge for a quick dessert.
Details Recipe Information
- Prepare: 10 Mins
- Cook: 15 Mins
- Difficult: Easy
- Serving: 12-16 shots
- Cost per serving: $0.40-0.50
- Nutrition: for each serving
- Calories: 302.8
- Fat: 11g
- Cholesterol: 14.3mg
- Sodium: 419.1mg
- Potassium: 463.7mg
- Carbohydrates: 33.7g
- Protein: 11.1g
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tbsp salt
- 1 + 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 stick (4 tbsp) chilled butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cup sliced strawberries
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 pint heavy whipping cream
- 1 tbsp sugar
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