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Buttermilk Shortcakes with Macerated Berries

This is the part of our 2024 project: The Alphabet Challenge. Hosted by Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm, I thought this would be a fun culinary adventure. We will be posting every two weeks. I hope you follow along...or join in as you can. This should be fun.



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Buttermilk Shortcakes


  • 3-1/2 cups flour

  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 Tablespoon organic granulated sugar

  • 1/2 cup butter, chilled and cubed

  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla paste or extract

  • 1 egg

  • 1 cup buttermilk 

  • 1 Tablespoon white vinegar

  • Also needed: rolling pin, baking sheet, parchment paper


Preheat the oven to 415 degrees Fahrenheit.


Whisk together the first four ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Blend in the chilled butter - with a pastry cutter - until you have pea sized pieces. Fold in the egg, buttermilk, vanilla, and vinegar. Press it together into a ball of dough. Remember - the less you work the dough, the softer the shortcakes will be. 

On a floured or parchment-covered surface, pat the dough down to about 3/4" thick. Fold it in thirds like an envelope and roll it out one more time to 3/4" thick. With a cookie cutter - I used a circle cutter - cut biscuits and transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. 


Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.


Macerated Berries

(do this at least one hour before you want to serve)


  • 1 cup organic strawberries, hulled and thickly sliced

  • 1 cup organic blueberries

  • 1 cup organic raspberries

  • 1 cup organic granulated sugar

  • 1/2 cup water

  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste


Place the water, lemon juice, and sugar in a medium saucepan. Heat, over medium heat, swirling the pan until the sugar is dissolved completely. Once dissolved, add in the vanilla extract and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool. Place prepped fruit in a bowl or container with a lid. Pour the cooled vanilla simple syrup over the fruit and let macerate for at least an hour or as much as overnight.



Also needed: unsweetened whipping cream! Split open the shortcake and layer: whipped cream, berries, shortcake top, whipped cream, berries. Dig in!!



The Alphabet Challenge So Far...

My posts are below with links to everyone else's recipes. I skipped letter 'F' apparently. Enjoy!


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Invitado
14 sept

The perfect summer dessert! It doesn't get much better!!!

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Jolene Martinelli
Jolene Martinelli
13 sept

That is one gorgeous shortcake tower! I've always got extra buttermilk I'm looking to use and I love that it's made with a combination of berries.

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Wendy Klik
Wendy Klik
13 sept

Gorgeous shortcakes....well worth the wait.

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Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill
13 sept

Oh boy, this is dessert perfection! I have so many wonderful memories of my mom making something just like this while we were growing up.

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