Buttermilk Biscuits With Strawberries and Cream

Directions

• Step 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray 8-inch cast iron skillet with cooking spray.
• Step 2 Sift flour into a bowl. Add baking powder, sugar and salt to the sifted flour. Whisk to combine all the ingredients. Add butter cubes and mix butter into the flour mixture with your fingers. You want the butter to be well-mixed into the flour with some small pea-sized pieces of butter visible.
• Step 3 Stir the cold buttermilk into the flour and butter mixture. You want the ingredients to come together into a sticky ball. Roll the dough ball into some flour that you have sprinkled onto your counter. Shape the dough into a 6-inch square, fold in half. Repeat shaping and folding twice more. In the end you want a dough that you can shape into a 3/4-inch thick rectangle. Cut dough into squares or rectangles and arrange (touching) in your prepared cast iron pan.
• Step 4 Bake in a 400 degree F. oven for about 35 minutes. You want the biscuits to be golden brown on the tops and sides. Remove biscuits from oven and allow them to cool on a rack.
• Step 5 Meanwhile, slice strawberries and add sugar to your taste along with a little vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Set aside for about half an hour to let the strawberries marinate and soften.
• Step 6 Whip some cream with a bit of sugar and a pinch of salt.
• Step 7 To serve, split biscuits. Spoon on some strawberries and their sweetened juices. Top with a bit of whipped cream.
• Step 8 Cooks Note: I sprinkled some sparkling sugar on the top of the biscuits after moistening the tops of the biscuits with a bit of whipped cream. I bought the sparkling sugar from King Arthur Baking.