Kids Can Bake: Mixed Berry Shortcake

Are you looking for an easy and delicious recipe featuring fresh in season berries. Mixed Berry Shortcake is a classic dessert that has been a staple at summer gatherings for generations, and for good reason.

With its buttery shortcake, sweet and tangy berry filling, and fluffy whipped cream, it's the perfect combination of simple and indulgent.

And this recipe is so easy a child can make it on their own, with a little adult supervision as needed. Don't have kids? I am pretty sure an adult could handle making this without any help.

Early one morning, my son got it in his head he wanted to bake. And waiting until I had some coffee wasn't an option. 

He got out a children's cookbook Honest Pretzels we had checked out of the library and chose Berry Much Shortcake.

With a little help on the oven parts (he is still very cautious with the stove and oven) he read and followed the directions independently, while I tried to photograph him.

Did I mention it was very early in the morning? Not the greatest time to try to photograph a rapidly moving object in my rather dark kitchen, especially when only partially caffeinated.

He has been helping in the kitchen for much of his 7 years, so he knows how to level the dry ingredients and find the matching mark on the liquid measuring cup. If your kids don't, take a minute to show them while they make this.

One tip I have used with J in the past is to use a wet erase marker and mark the measurement line (in this case ⅔ cup), then tell him to fill to that line.

Ingredients for Berry Shortcake

The ingredients for the shortcake are basic baking ingredients:

• all purpose flour
• baking powder
• baking soda
• salt
• butter
• egg
• vanilla yogurt (or plain yogurt with vanilla extract)
• sugar

Plus your choice of berries, or other fruits, and either more yogurt or whipped cream.

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Ingredients

 

• cooking spray or bit of butter
• 1 ⅔ cup all purpose flour (plus a little extra for handling the dough)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 large egg
• ⅔ cups vanilla yogurt (plus extra for topping if desired)
• 6 cups berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc.)
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• whipped cream or whipped topping (optional for serving)

Instructions

 

• ADULT: preheat oven to 400℉.
• Spray baking sheet with a little cooking spray or rub a little butter all over it using a paper towel.
  cooking spray or bit of butter
• Put a strainer over a bowl. Measure flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into strainer. Shake the dry ingredients into the bowl, trying hard to keep everything in the bowl.
  1 ⅔ cup all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt
• ADULT: melt butter in the microwave or on the stove.
  ¼ cup butter
• Crack egg into a small bowl. Carefully remove any egg shell.
  1 large egg
• In a 2-cup or larger measuring cup, measure the yogurt (to the ⅔ line). Add the egg and melted butter (have adult help if butter is still hot). Mix everything together with a whisk.
  ⅔ cups vanilla yogurt
• Make a hole in the middle of the flour mixture with a wooden spoon. Gently pour in the yogurt mixture. Stir until it is all completely mixed.
• Sprinkle a little flour on the counter (or a cutting board or mat). Rub a little on your hands.
  1 ⅔ cup all purpose flour
• Put the dough on the counter and shape into a big flat circle with your hands. With a table knife cut a "peace sign" into the circle (all the way to the bottom). Then cut each of those pieces in half so you get 6 equal slices.
• Put the pieces on the baking tray.
• ADULT: Bake for approximately 15 minutes, remove from oven and put on cooling rack.
• While the shortcake is baking, wash all of the fruit. If using strawberries, remove the green stem and cut into smaller pieces with the table knife. All of the other fruit is fine as it is.
  6 cups berries
• Put the fruit in a bowl. Gently stir in the sugar. Let it sit to get syrupy with the shortcake bakes and cools.
  4 tablespoons sugar
• Once they are cool, turn the shortcakes on their side and slice down the middle with the table knife. Put the shortcake on a plate, top with berries and yogurt (or whipped cream)
  whipped cream or whipped topping

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Until next time, happy eating!
~Audrey