Biscuit Ingredients
6 tsp. sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup shortening, half of which is butter
1-1/2 cups pastry flour
5 tsp. baking powder
2 large eggs
1/4 cup milk

Biscuit Directions
Mix sugar, butter and shortening together until light and fluffy. Sift flour and baking powder together then add to the butter mixture. Mix with an electric mixer on low speed until the batter starts to form small, pea sized lumps. Add the eggs and milk. Mix until the batter is uniform in consistency without overmixing. Drop about 12 evenly sized dollops of the batter onto a baking sheet.

Bake at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes until lightly golden. Yield is about 12 biscuits.

Sauce Ingredients
1-1/2 cups washed, hulled and diced fresh strawberries
2 tbsp. sugar

Sauce Directions
Combine and mix in a blender until a sauce-like consistency has been reached.

Whipped Cream Ingredients
1-1/2 cups heavy cream
2 tbsp. sugar

Whipped Cream Directions
Combine and whip until firm peaks form.

To Assemble the Strawberry Shortcakes
6 biscuits (above)
strawberry sauce (above)
whipped cream (above)
2 baskets fresh strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced

Add about 1/3 cup sliced strawberries to the bottom of a serving dish or wide and deep parfait glass. Split 1 biscuit in half and top the strawberries with one of the biscuit halves. Top this biscuit half with another 1/3 cup of sliced strawberries then add the remaining biscuit half. Top again with 1/4 cup sliced strawberries. Repeat with the other 5 biscuits sliced in half and remaining sliced strawberries. Pour 1/6th of the strawberry sauce over the top of each dessert then top with 1/6th of the whipped cream. Garnish with a couple of strawberry slices. Repeat until 6 strawberry shortcakes have been assembled. Makes 6 desserts.