About
This dessert is just fun, whether you're simply enjoying your day in the kitchen or bringing over a special treat to the neighborhood cookout. Shortcake Kabobs embrace the summer spirit both in substance and style; buttery, homemade biscuits, creamy whipped topping, and bright, fresh strawberries combine for that wonderful seasonal treat, strawberry shortcake! But now, it's on a kabob! You can eat each treat one-handed alongside your barbeque kabobs! Isn't that just so flashy? Yes, Shortcake Kabobs will really turn some heads and electrify some taste buds!
Ingredients
- For the biscuits:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more, to taste, for dusting the work surface and the pastry cutter
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon water
- coarse sugar, to taste
- For the kabobs:
- 1 1/2 cups frozen whipped dessert topping, thawed
- 12 large strawberries, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices from the center, reserving the tops and bottoms for another use or discarding them
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Step 2 -Grease a large baking sheet with nonstick spray.
Step 3 -In a medium bowl, stir 2 cups of the flour, the baking powder, the sugar, and the cream of tartar. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Step 4 -Make a well in the center of the mixture.
Step 5 -Add the milk to the well and stir using a fork, until just moistened.
Step 6 -Using the extra flour, lightly dust a work surface and turn the dough out onto it.
Step 7 -Knead the dough just until it holds together.
Step 8 -Divide the dough into 4 equal portions.
Step 9 -Roll the portions into circles about 1/8-1/4-inch-thick.
Step 10 -Using the extra flour, dust a 1 1/2-inch round cutter, then cut out circles from the dough circles to create mini biscuits.
Step 11 -Transfer the dough circles to the prepared baking sheet.
Step 12 -Continue cutting and rerolling the dough as needed until all of it is used.
Step 13 -In a small bowl, whisk the egg white and the water.
Step 14 -Brush the dough circles with the egg wash.
Step 15 -Sprinkle the circles with the coarse sugar.
Step 16 -Bake until the biscuits are golden-brown, about 13 minutes.
Step 17 -Let the biscuits cool completely on a wire rack.
Step 18 -Using 8-inch skewers, layer the mini biscuits, the whipped topping, and the strawberries to make kabobs, making two layers on each skewer. Be sure to begin and end with a mini biscuit.
Step 19 -Serve.
