Buttermilk Shortcake with Apple Butter and Cream

  • Clock Icon Prep 10 mins Cooking 20 mins
  • Dinner Icon Serves 8

Homemade apple butter transforms these buttermilk shortcakes into a taste sensation.

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Ingredients

  • 1 ⅔ cups The Healthy Baker Plain Flour
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • pinch salt
  • 100g butter, cold and cut into cubes
  • 1 cup cream
  • 20g butter melted
  • ¼ cup caster sugar
  • to serve whipped cream
  • to serve apple butter

Instructions

1

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in the Thermomix bowl and blitz at speed 8 for 4 seconds.

2

Add the butter, and cream and mix again at speed 4 until the mixture just comes together.

3

Tip out onto a work surface and bring together into a dough.

4

On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a rectangle about 30cm x 10cm.

5

Cut this into thirds, layer them on top of each other then roll this together so the layers ‘meld’ and you have a rectangle about 20cm x 10cm

6

Wrap this in plastic and place in the fridge to rest for at least 30 minutes or overnight.

7

Preheat the oven to 180C. Use a round cookie cutter to cut 6-8 rounds from the dough and transfer to a lined baking tray.

8

Brush with the melted butter and sprinkle with caster sugar then bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

9

Let cool for 10 minutes before serving with whipped cream and apple butter.

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