Heart-Shaped Valentine Strawberry Shortcakes

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold butter

  (1 stick) cut into small pieces
• 1 large egg

  beaten
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 3 to 4 cups sliced strawberries
• 1/3 cup sugar

  (or 1/2 cup, to taste)
• Whipped Cream for topping

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 2 Wash, hull and slice strawberries. Toss the strawberries in the sugar and let
  them sit to bring out their natural juices.
• 3 Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in the cold butter
  with a pastry knife or pulse in a food processor a couple of times. You want the
  dough to resemble course crumbs with some larger pieces of butter mixed through.
  Combine the egg and buttermilk in a separate small bowl and add to the flour
  mixture all at once. Stir to moisten, being careful not to overmix.
• 4 Turn the dough onto a floured surface; knead gently for about 30 seconds to
  bring the dough together. Pat or roll into a circle shape that is about 1/2 inch
  to 3/4 inch in depth. Using a heart shaped biscuit cutter or cookie cutter cut
  out shortcakes and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
• 5 Bake until golden brown around the edges, about 10 minutes. Cool and then split
  the shortcakes in half; butter the bottom half if desired. Spoon the
  strawberries over the bottom half, top with whipped cream if desired, and place
  the top on each heart.

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