Easy Strawberry Shortcake

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 cups strawberries, sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup cold butter
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2/3 cup milk
• sweetened whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°f.
• 2 in a small bowl, stir together strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar and set aside (sometimes i add a little rum to soak).
• 3 in medium bowl stir together remaining sugar, flour, and baking powder. cut in butter until it resembles coarse crumbs.
• 4 combine egg and milk and add to flour mixture. stir to moisten.
• 5 drop dough into 8 mounds on ungreased baking sheet. flatten mound with back of spoon until about 3/4 inch thick.
• 6 bake about 10 minutes ad let cool for 10 minutes.
• 7 cut shortcakes in half horizontally and spoon in some strawberry mixture and add some whipped cream. replace top halves of shortcakes and top with more strawberry mixture and whipped cream.