Blueberry shortcakes

Womans~Day

Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes

Serves: 10 or more

Type: Cake; Readers

Tools

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Ingredients

1¾ cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup caster sugar, plus 1 tablespoon extra
90g chilled butter, chopped
½ cup low fat thickened cooking cream, plus 1 tablespoon extra
1/3 cup low-fat yoghurt, plus extra to serve
fresh blueberries, to serve

Preparation method

MAKES 12

Preheat oven to very hot, 220°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together into a large bowl. Stir in ¼ cup sugar. Using fingertips, rub butter into flour until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Stir in combined cream and 1/3 cup yoghurt. Mix to form a soft dough and turn onto a floured surface.
Gently roll out to 2.5cm thickness. Using a 6cm pastry cutter, cut into rounds.
Arrange close together on tray. Brush with extra cream. Sprinkle with extra sugar.
Bake 12-15 minutes, until golden and bases sound hollow when tapped. Serve with blueberries and extra low-fat yoghurt.

TOP TIP

The dough scraps can be used by gently pressing together.
When using a round cutter, avoid twisting it into the dough. That will seal the sides and prevent the shortcakes from rising as high as they should.

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