CHAMOMILE GLAZED STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

I’ve been eyeing this tub of strawberry shortcake glaze at the grocery store. It’s given me a hankering, but I don’t love the chemically processed stuff. Instead I wanted to try my hand at making my own, and I have to say it turned out pretty well! I turned it into chamomile glazed strawberry shortcake.

I used sweet biscuits, which I borrowed from a previous recipe. You can find that here. It paired perfectly with the chamomile and strawberries.

CHAMOMILE GLAZED STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE RECIPE

Ingredients

• 1 pound of strawberries, sliced in half
• 1/4 cup of granulated sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 tablespoon of freshly brewed chamomile tea, chilled
• 1 teaspoon of cornstarch

Sweet Biscuits Ingredients

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 cup of buttermilk, chilled
• 6 tablespoons of unsalted butter, cold
• 1 1/2 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
• Pinch of salt

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan, add the strawberries. Set aside.
2. Mix the lemon juice, tea and cornstarch in a medium mixing bowl.
3. Pour the mixture over the strawberries and bring the mixture to a boil.
4. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the strawberries are soft and slightly thickened.
5. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
6. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar baking soda, baking powder and salt.
7. Quickly chop up the butter into little pebbles. It’s important to work quickly here so the butter doesn’t melt. Cold butter is the key here.
8. Add the butter to the flour mixture and quickly mix until combined.
9. Form a hole in the middle of the mixture and add the buttermilk. Mix until combined. The dough will be tacky.
10. On a floured surface, drop the dough and fold it onto itself 6 times (this will create 6 layers) and quickly work it down to about an inch in thickness.
11. Cut out the biscuits and bake in a cast iron pan for 12-15 minutes.
12. Sprinkle sugar on top and allow the biscuits to cool before serving.
13. Slice the biscuits in half horizontally and pour the chamomile strawberry glaze on top of the biscuits.
14. Enjoy!