Strawberry Shortcake Gluten Free Recipe

I told you I was going to make strawberry shortcake, didn't I!  Well, I couldn't wait. I did find a gluten-free recipe online, but I didn't have those ingredients, so I tweaked it a bit a lot and went with what I had in the house and cut down on the sugar. Also, those who had used that recipe complained that the shortcakes spread all over the pan, making them flat. Aha! I'll round up them doggies by baking them in a muffin tin! It worked great.

Strawberry Shortcake Gluten Free Recipe:

Makes 8 shortcakes.

Strawberries fresh, stemmed, washed, and sliced. Mix a tiny bit of sugar in. These berries were so sweet they probably didn't need any, but I did put in a sprinkling.

2/3 c. white rice flour
2/3 c. potato starch
2/3 c. tapioca flour

1/3 c. Crisco shortening 
1 T. baking powder
1/4 baking soda
1/4 xanthan gum
1/2 t. salt

1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk 

Stir together the flours, potato starch, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum, and salt.
Cut in the shortening until it's very fine.
Mix in the sugar.
Drizzle in the milk and mix gently.

Pour by globs into muffin tin that's been sprayed with a no-stick cooking spray.

Bake 425 for 12 minutes (longer or shorter, depending upon your oven)
(I put a little water in the muffin tins that were empty)

As soon as they come out of the oven, turn them a bit, just to make sure they won't stick.

Slice in half and top with berries.

Personally, I don't like to ruin it with whipping cream.

Don't disparage my muffin tins.

They're old and discolored, but they work.

Starting out with sweet berries, fresh from the garden

Baked shortcakes

Nice and golden

Oh. And when I sliced them, I did put REAL Wisconsin butter on each half before adding the berries. We're going all out here!

Delicious, gluten-free strawberry shortcake!

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