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Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2009
Easy to make! Spreading the VERY COLD = STIFF (pieces that spread easy and easily) butter flakes is the secret. I hand-tossed every tablespoon. What a lovely recipe. I used a glass as cookie cutter; didn't want a mess today. Served hubby a hot one with butter / honey and HE told me to save the recipe! During dinner he said he wants to get mexican table cream to pour on for breakfast. These are shortcakes but are very scone ......ish! YUM!
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Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2009
These were wonderful! I made blueberry shortcakes with them and my 8 year old daughter said it's her new favorite dessert.
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Home Town: Pompano Beach, Florida, USA
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Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2009
Delicious! The shortcakes are also great as scones - just mix in some blueberries or currants before baking. Yum!
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Reviewed: Jun. 27, 2009
Best shortcake I've ever had, hands down. And I've been searching! I didn't bother with the fruit or cream part of this recipe because I already make my own the way I like it. Also, like other reviewers, I just used whole milk with a splash of half and half to cut the fat a little bit and they were still great. I also patted them into round biscuits (not too much handling, still) and they were the perfect size/shape for splitting and serving. I think grating the butter makes this recipe what it is...definitely needs to be a frozen or at least SUPER cold stick, though! At the end, I cut the last stub of butter into small chunks with a sharp knife...I was afraid of grating my fingers :~) Try this one; you won't be sorry you did.
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
Mmm! Light and flaky! Don't skip the egg wash and sprinkled on sugar. So good! I used whole milk in place of half-and-half, since I didn't have it. I think one of the keys is minimal handling, which forming into a rectangle and slicing accomplishes.
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Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2009
Like many other reviewers, I only used the shortcake portion of this recipe and it was fantastic! I've never had much luck making biscuits but with all the positive reviews, I had to give this one a try. I followed the directions exactly, except I used 2% milk in the dough, as that was all I had on hand. The dough seemed very wet after the addition of the egg and milk, but I went with it anyway. I turned the dough out onto my lightly floured countertop, patted it into shape and made my cuts with a flour dipped knife. Used the spatula to put them on a sprayed cookie sheet and topped with egg white and sugar. These were sooo good! I used plain old strawberries (as if there is any such thing) with a sugar syrup, whipped cream and got rave reviews from all my kids. My 10 yr old was goofing off and dropped his plate without even taking a bite, but it was so good I didn't want him to miss out on it so I broke my own rules and made him another. One note, making this into 6 biscuits makes large biscuits, you could easily make this into 8 biscuits and no one would feel shortchanged. Hmmm, there's one more left, do I dare make myself another plate?
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Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2009
I only made the shortcakes...they are light and more sweet than mom's shortbread...delicious!
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Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2009
These shortcakes are fabulous. I followed the recipe exactly, and there's nothing I would change. The biscuits are great on their own or with berries. No more shortcakes made from baking mix for me.
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Reviewed: Jun. 8, 2009
These are very good, altho I would've liked more sugar IN the batter, rather than on top. Also, these are huge! If I make again, I'll cut into 8 pieces, at least!
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Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2009
Amazing! No need to freeze butter though as long as its cold.
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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2009
I didn't try the butter method, but LOVED these shortcakes! The dough was super easy, baked up beautifully and tasted even better. Definitely use the sugar on top - it's not overpowering (as I thought it might be). This is my go-to recipe for shortcakes from now on! Thanks!
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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2009
These are excellent... just the right blend of softness in the middle with a bit of a crisp edge and the perfect amount of sweetness to set off whatever berry you serve them with. My children are my biggest critics and there are never any left over when I make these (they'll eat them the next morning for breakfast with jam). I don't bother with the grating of the butter (can be pretty messy) but just let it soften a bit and use the pasty cutter. Or the two fork method works well too.
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Reviewed: May 30, 2009
Best shortcake ever!!
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Reviewed: May 25, 2009
Oh My Goodness this is the best shortcake I have ever made. I made the dough just like it said and it was so easy. I did use a biscuit cutter to cut it out though. Perfect. This is my last search for shortcake,because it is the only one I will make from now on
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Reviewed: May 25, 2009
These are super simple scone-like recipe. I was scrambling to get a desert put together and this recipe was perfect. Since I was preparing last minute, I didn't have my butter frozen. No worries, just use your regular cold butter with a pastry cutter and slice your butter in about 8 slices and blend it in a bit less fine than you would for a crust, or finer pastry. I also didn't have anything but 2% milk, so I used it!! I skipped rolling or patting out my shortcakes into a rectangle, since my counter-top was full!! I just patted out right on my cooking stone, and sliced 6 ways ways, like a pizza, then moved the slices a couple of inches apart. I set my timer for 10 minutes, but kept going until about 15 minutes, using refrigerated butter, 2% milk and a cooking stone. The short-cakes came out perfect and my family raved!!
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Reviewed: May 23, 2009
I used the shortcake portion of the recipe and these are by far the BEST shortcakes!! Fabulous!
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Reviewed: May 17, 2009
These were great! I did use more sugar to sweeten them up a little bit and make them more shortcake-like as opposed to scone-like. I liked the idea of shredding the butter, but in the end just used a pastry cutter as it was more of a pain to shred over the bowl rather than just use the pastry blender and get it done. Loved that it has a lot of butter! Makes these very tender and flakey. Thanks for sharing!
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Home Town: Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Reviewed: May 15, 2009
This was very simple. It was nice recipe but I'm not gonna say great. I'm not much of a shortcake lover so it could just be me but I didn't think this made the 5 star rating.
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Reviewed: May 10, 2009
After adding a little extra sugar, I find that these are as close as I could find to my momma's recipe. They are great.
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Reviewed: Apr. 27, 2009
I ended up using whipping cream instead of half and half because that's all I had. These were yummy!
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