strawberry shortcake a la treebeard s

🥘 Ingredients

• • all-purpose flour
• • baking powder
• • salt
• • brown sugar
• • butter
• • granulated sugar
• • milk
• • strawberry
• • vanilla extract
• • heavy whipping cream
• • confectioners' sugar
• • vanilla
• • sour cream

📝 Instructions

1. 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees
2. 2 grease a cookie sheet
3. 3 to make shortcake , with knife blade attachment on food processor , process flour , baking powder , salt , brown sugar , butter and 2 teaspoons granulated sugar until mixture resembles coarse meal
4. 4 pour mixture into medium bowl
5. 5 with wooden spoon of paddle attachment on electric mixer , add milk and mix just until it forms a smooth dough
6. 6 scoop dough onto cookie sheet in 6 equal mounds
7. 7 dust top of shortcakes with remaining 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
8. 8 bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown
9. 9 remove from oven
10. 10 transfer to wire rack and cool
11. 11 to make filling , in a medium bowl , mash one-half of berries
12. 12 mix with granulated sugar and vanilla
13. 13 refrigerate 1 hour
14. 14 to make whipped cream , in a chilled mixing bowl , beat cream with confectioners' sugar , granulated sugar and vanilla until it just holds soft peaks
15. 15 add sour cream
16. 16 beat until stiff peaks form
17. 17 cut off tops of shortcakes
18. 18 set aside
19. 19 spoon filling onto bottom of each shortcake
20. 20 cover with whipped cream and remaining sliced strawberries
21. 21 replace tops
22. 22 garnish with a dollop of whipped cream , a strawberry half and a sprig of mint