Bisquick Strawberry Shortcake
This Bisquick Strawberry Shortcake is an easy variation of the classic that uses Bisquick as a simple shortcut to create a delicious strawberry shortcake with tender, sweet shortcake and your favorite filling of fresh strawberries and whipped cream.
We love making homemade dishes from scratch, but we’re not snobs. We also really appreciate the value of quick and easy recipes that use shortcuts to deliver delicious flavor. It saves time without sacrificing flavor, and that’s always a winner.
Bisquick, in particular, is a favorite shortcut of ours. This packaged blend makes it easy to create delicious, creative recipes like these Mountain Dew biscuits in just a few minutes.
We also love classic dessert flavors, like these strawberry shortcake sandwich cookies. So we came up with a way to combine those loves into one tasty dessert. Our Bisquick strawberry shortcake recipe combines the classic flavors of traditional strawberry shortcake with the ease of using Bisquick to create a dessert that’s ready in no time but tastes like we had to put in some real effort!
We love serving these as a sweet breakfast or brunch item paired with savory items like our overnight croissant breakfast casserole bake with gravy, or as a yummy dessert after a hearty dinner like this copycat KFC chicken pot pie.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Limited Ingredients: It only takes a handful of simple ingredients to make this shortcake, and most, if not all, of them are probably already in your kitchen. Anything you don’t have can easily be found at your local grocery store.
- So Easy: This semi-homemade recipe only takes a few simple steps and about 30 minutes from start to finish.
- Old-Fashioned Flavor: Every bite of these shrotcakes is full of the sweet flavors and textures of classic strawberry shortcake.
- Semi-Homemade: These are perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.
Ingredients
We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Be sure your Bisquick is fresh before making this recipe. Bisquick is a mix with everything needed to make a batter, including leaveners. If it’s out of date, the shortcakes won’t rise.
Variations
- Extra Rich: For extra-rich shortcake, use cream in place of milk.
- Chocolate Shortcake: Add a bit of cocoa powder to the shortcake batter to create a chocolate version that pairs perfectly with the flavor of the strawberries and whipped cream.
- Whipped Cream: You can use Cool Whip or homemade whipped cream for the filling.
- Berries: Use your favorite berries to create a berry shortcake version.
How to Make Bisquick Strawberry Shortcake
This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Combine the sliced strawberries and sugar in a bowl and refrigerate while you make the rest of the recipe.
- Mix the shortcake ingredients in a large bowl until just combined.
- Drop the batter in six rounds onto a baking sheet. Then, bake at 425°F until golden brown. Remove the biscuits from the oven and let them cool.
- Cut the shortcakes in half. Then, top the bottom halves with whipped cream and the strawberries in syrup. Top with the other halves, followed by more whipped cream and strawberries.
Expert Tips
- Be sure your Bisquick is fresh to ensure the shortcakes rise. Bisquick has leaveners in the mix, so if it’s outdated, the leaveners are, as well.
- Mix the shortcake batter until just combined, meaning everything is moistened but the batter isn’t smooth. This ensures soft, tender biscuits.
- Let your shortcakes cool before slicing them to ensure they don’t fall apart when you cut them in half.
Bisquick Strawberry Shortcake FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Yes, you can. In fact, it’s a popular version of the dessert that gives it a tender, flaky base. This Bisquick strawberry shortcake is a biscuit version.
Your sliced strawberries should sit in the sugar for at least 30 minutes. This allows the maceration process to draw out their moisture, creating a sweet, juicy mix.
While Bisquick can be used to make pancake batter, it’s so much more than that. Bisquick is an all-purpose baking mix suitable for applications like pancake and waffle batter, biscuit dough, muffins, and more.
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📖Recipe
Want to make this recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Bisquick Strawberry Shortcake
Equipment
- medium bowl
- large bowl
- large baking sheet
Ingredients
For the strawberries
- 1 pound fresh strawberries sliced
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
For the shortcake
- 2 ⅓ cups bisquick
- ⅔ cup milk
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- Whipped cream cool whip, or a homemade whipped cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Add the sliced strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar to a bowl, and stir. Place this in the refrigerator while you make the biscuits.
- In a large mixing bowl, fold together the bisquick, milk, sugar, and melted butter, until combined.
- Drop this mixture onto a baking sheet, making 6 mounds.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes, until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let cool.
- For serving, split one of the biscuits in half.
- To the bottom half, add some of the whipped cream and strawberries with their syrup from the bowl.
- Top with the top half, and add more cream and strawberries.
- Enjoy!
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
