Strawberry Shortcake Sliders
Source: California Strawberry Commission
Dessert jumps onto the slider trend with a downsized version of the ever-popular strawberry shortcake. Serve these as part of a shareable dessert sampler, a plated dessert or as a mini-indulgence on their own.
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tbsp. sugar, divided
1 1/2 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
8 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into ½-in. pieces
2 1/4 cups heavy cream, divided
6 cups stemmed fresh strawberries, divided
1 cup simple syrup
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Confectioner’s sugar
Mint chiffonade
Steps
- Sift flour, 2 tbsp. sugar, baking powder and salt into a bowl. With fork or pastry blender, cut in butter to fine particles.
- Stir in 1 to 1 1/2 cups cream (enough so that dough holds together and is soft but not sticky). On floured surface, knead dough lightly a few times to form a ball. Pat into a ½-in. thick circle. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 15 min.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. With 2-in. round cutter, cut dough into 12 circles. Place on parchment-lined baking sheet and bake 15 to 20 min. or until golden.
- Meanwhile, in med. saucepan, simmer 4 cups strawberries with simple syrup until jam-like consistency; cool. Slice remaining 2 cups strawberries and reserve.
- Whip 3/4 cup cream with vanilla and 1 tbsp. sugar until soft peaks form.
- For service, split shortcakes in half horizontally. Place 3 shortcake bottoms on each of 4 plates. Top with cooked strawberry mixture, whipped cream and sliced strawberries, dividing ingredients evenly.
- Place tops on shortcakes; dust with confectioner’s sugar and sprinkle with mint.