Crusade for Real Southern Shortcake

Nashville, TN – Strawberry season is ready-made for a spring family outing to a strawberry patch or a farmer’s market. And when you get home, it’s time to make shortcake. Fresh baked shortcake complements the fruit available this time of year and makes a delicious dessert.

Discovered many generations ago, a real Southern biscuit shortcake partners perfectly with fresh fruit and a little cream.

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Thimble Biscuits

Nashville, TN – Good Southern cooks have perfected the art of biscuit making and that talent is not limited to the breakfast table. Simple variations of biscuit dough are used to make dumplings, shortcake, cobbler and other treats.

“Thimble Biscuits are a fun variation for the kids that always make me think of grandmother’s kitchen,” says Martha White® Southern baking expert Linda Carman. “Their name comes from a thimble-sized hole cut in half the dough rounds, which are stacked on whole biscuits, filled with a bit of jam and baked.” What a sweet treat!

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