Strawberry Snake
From tuilelaith 12 years agoIngredients
- SHORTCAKE BISCUITS: shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar shopping list
- 4 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 cup margarine (1 stick) shopping list
- 1 cup milk shopping list
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- STRAWBERRY FILLING: shopping list
- 1 quart strawberries shopping list
- 4 tablespoons confectioners' sugar' shopping list
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- whipped cream TOPPING: shopping list
- 1 cup whipping cream shopping list
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar shopping list
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- GARNISHES: shopping list
- 4 whole strawberries shopping list
- Green fruit leather shopping list
- mini chocolate chips or M&M's shopping list
How to make it
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl.
- Cut in the margarine with a pastry cutter.
- Or use a vegetable grater to grate the stick into the mixing bowl and let your kids take turns blending the margarine into the dry ingredients with their fingertips.
- Once the dough is crumbly, slowly stir in the milk.
- Turn out the dough onto a floured working surface and gently roll or pat the dough into a 1-inch-thick rectangle (it should measure about 6 x 8 inches).
- For the best results, handle the dough as little as possible.
- Slice the rectangle into four 1-1/2- x 8-inch strips.
- Place the strips on an un-greased baking sheet, then let your child mold and curve them into S shapes that resemble snakes.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown.
- Transfer the baked shortcakes to a wire rack (a parent's job) and let cool.
- Carefully slice the cooled shortcakes in half lengthwise or split them with a fork and then set aside.
- Wash the strawberries and let your kids select four to use for the snakes' heads.
- Slice the rest of the berries lengthwise into a mixing bowl.
- Toss with the confectioners' sugar and let stand while you prepare the whipped cream.
- Combine the whipping cream and confectioners' sugar in a chilled bowl and beat with an electric or hand mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Just before serving, arrange berries on the bottom half of each shortcake, then cover with the shortcake top.
- Spread on whipped cream and add a layer of sliced strawberry "scales."
- For the snakes' heads, cut mouth openings in the tips of the whole berries and place one at the end of each shortcake.
- Press a pair of mini chocolate chip or M&M's eyes into the sides of each head and add a forked tongue cut from green fruit leather.
- Serves 4
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