Orange Shortcake Wedges With Sour Cream Orange Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, about
• 3/4 cup sugar, about
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 lb butter or 1/4 lb margarine, cut into chunks
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 quarts sliced strawberries, sweetened to taste with
• sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine 3 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, orange peel, baking soda, and baking powder.
• 2 with your fingers, rub in butter until fine crumbs form.
• 3 add buttermilk and mix with a fork until dough is evenly moistened.
• 4 scrape dough onto a floured board; with floured hands, knead just until dough holds together, 15 to 20 turns, adding more flour as required to prevent sticking.
• 5 on a buttered 12x15-inch baking sheet, pat dough into a neat 9-inch wide round.
• 6 with a long floured knife, cut through dough to pan, making 8 equal wedges; leave in place.
• 7 sprinkle dough lightly with sugar.
• 8 bake in a 375° oven until golden brown, 25 to 35 minutes.
• 9 let cool on pan about 10 minutes.
• 10 separate wedges, cut shortcakes in half horizontally, and lift off tops.
• 11 set bottoms on dessert plates, cover equally with about half the strawberries and their juice; spoon about half the sour cream sauce evenly onto fruit.
• 12 set shortcake tops in place, mound remaining berries equally on portions; top with remaining sauce.
• 13 sour cream orange sauce: in a bowl, stir together 3 cups sour cream, 3/4 cup powdered sugar, and 11/2 teaspoons grated orange peel. makes 3-1/4 cups.