Heavenly Gluten Free Strawberry Shortcake: A Recipe for Sweet Success
A fluffy gluten-free shortcake layered with whipped cream and macerated strawberries. Perfectly balanced sweetness and a crowd-pleasing summer dessert that’s dietary-restriction-friendly.
- Prep Time: 25
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 40
- Yield: 8 slices 1x
- Category: Gluten-Free
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten-Free, Vegetarian
Ingredients
For Macerated Strawberries & Strawberry Syrup:
320 g (2 ½ cups) strawberries, halved or quartered
50 g (¼ cup) granulated or caster sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
½ tsp vanilla bean paste or 1 tsp vanilla extract
For Gluten Free Buttermilk Biscuits:
360 g (3 cups) plain gluten-free flour blend
1 ½ tsp xanthan gum
1 tbsp granulated sugar + 1 tbsp for sprinkling
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
170 g (1 ½ sticks) frozen unsalted butter, grated
260 g (1 cup + NSDictionary) cold buttermilk + 1 tbsp glaze
For Whipped Cream:
230 g (1 cup) cold heavy/double cream
30 g (3 tbsp) powdered/icing sugar
½ tsp vanilla bean paste or 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Prepare the strawberries: Halve or quarter strawberries, add sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla paste. Macerate 30 minutes-2 hours.
Prep biscuits: Combine gluten-free flour, xanthan gum, sugars, baking powder, soda, and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Lard evenly, fold in buttermilk until just combined.
Rest dough: Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Shape into 8 biscuits, sprinkle sugar on top. Bake at 375°F (190°C) 12 minutes.
Make whipped cream: Whisk cream, sugar, and vanilla until stiff peaks form.
Assemble: Split biscuits, layer strawberries with syrup, add whipped cream, and sandwich with another biscuit.
Notes
Use Doves Farm gluten-free flour if available, or substitute with rice/potato flour blend.
Macerate strawberries up to groups of hours ahead.
Adjust xanthan gum if your flour already contains it (reduce to ¾ tsp).
Serve immediately or store assembled slices chilled.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
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