Strawberry Biscuits
Improve on a buttermilk biscuit by adding fresh or frozen strawberries. Strawberry biscuits are just what you need for a Spring brunch or tea. Add jam and cream, or drizzle with a glaze for a sweet breakfast or dessert biscuit.
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup sugar
- 16 tablespoons butter (cut into ½ inch pieces)
- ½ cup frozen strawberries, or 1 cup fresh (drained and smashed)
- 1 ¼ cups buttermilk
- Demerara/Turbinado sugar
- heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425º. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
- If using fresh strawberries, take a cup of chopped strawberries and place them in a strainer, mash them with a fork and let the juice drain out. If using frozen, drain ½ cup of strawberries and mash with a fork.
- In a food processor, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Process until combined. Add cold butter and process until it resembles coarse meal.
- Add strawberries and buttermilk and process just until the dough comes together. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a rectangle. Cut rectangle into 4ths and stack on top of each other. Pat down into a rectangle and repeat 3 more times.
- Pat or roll dough to 1 ½ inch thickness. Using a 2 ½ inch round cutter cut dough without twisting. Place on prepared pan and freeze for 10 minutes.
- Brush with cream and bake for 12-14 minutes, until golden brown.
Barbara's Notes + Tips
- This will make 36 mini biscuits.
- You can use fresh or frozen strawberries, drain the juice out before adding.
- To get tall fluffy biscuits, use very cold butter and buttermilk.
- Cut straight down with the biscuit cutter, do not twist.
- To make a glaze, add 2-3 tablespoons of milk to a cup of powdered sugar along with a ½ teaspoon of vanilla. Whisk until smooth.
- To drizzle the glaze over the biscuits, place it in a small plastic bag and cut the tip out of the corner. Squeeze the glaze over the biscuits.
Nutrition
Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 349mg | Potassium: 154mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 508IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2mg