Master Recipe

Shortcakes with Fruit and Whipped Cream

NOTE: After cutting six perfect rounds of dough, you can reknead the scraps and repeat the cutting process to get one or two more rounds. These shortcakes will be a little tougher and less attractive than those from the first cutting. Serves six.

  1    recipe Macerated Berries or Stone Fruits (see )

  2    cups all-purpose bleached flour, plus more for work surface and biscuit cutter

  1    tablespoon baking powder

  ¹/₂    teaspoon salt

  5    tablespoons sugar

  8    tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into ¹/₂-inch pieces

  1    large egg, lightly beaten

  ¹/₂    cup plus 1 tablespoon half-and-half or milk

  1    large egg white, lightly beaten

  2    cups Perfect Whipped Cream