Turkey Shortcake Recipes

TURKEY SHORTCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare shortcake biscuits: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In medium bowl, combine baking powder, 1 1/3 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper. With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissors-fashion, cut in 3 tablespoons margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/2 cup milk. With hand, knead mixture in bowl just until dough holds together. On ungreased cookie sheet, with lightly floured hands, pat dough into 6-inch square. With sharp knife, cut dough into 4 squares. Arrange squares 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake biscuits 13 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, melt remaining 1 tablespoon margarine on medium. Add chopped onion and cook 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add carrots, celery, turkey broth, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper; heat to boiling on high. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 to 12 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.
• In 1-cup liquid measuring cup, whisk remaining 2 tablespoons flour into remaining 1/2 cup milk. In thin, steady stream, pour milk mixture into hot turkey broth, whisking constantly. Heat to boiling; boil 1 minute. Stir in peas and turkey; heat through. Remove from heat; stir in dill.
• Spoon turkey mixture into 4 deep dinner plates; top with biscuits. Or serve shortcake-style: Split biscuits horizontally and spoon turkey between halves.

THE BEST CLASSIC STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• For the shortcakes: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk the heavy cream, sour cream and vanilla in a small bowl; refrigerate until ready to use. Pulse the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt in a food processor until combined. Add the butter; pulse until the mixture looks like fine meal. Pour in the chilled heavy cream mixture and pulse until just combined.
• Lightly flour a work surface and dump the dough onto it. Pat out the dough 1/2-inch thick. Cut out as many biscuits as you can with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter. Then pat the remaining dough out to 1/2-inch thick again. Cut more biscuits; you should get 12.
• Put 6 of the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet. Brush the tops generously with cream, then top each cream-brushed biscuit with one of the remaining biscuit rounds. (This makes it easier to split once they are baked.) Brush the top of each biscuit stack with more heavy cream and sprinkle 1 teaspoon granulated sugar on each biscuit.
• Bake the biscuits until golden and puffed, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
• Meanwhile, for the topping: Toss the strawberries and 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar in a medium bowl.
• Just before serving, beat the heavy cream, sour cream, the remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes.
• Split the shortcakes in half. Spoon half the cream on the bottom of the biscuits, top evenly with the strawberries and top with the remaining cream. Put each biscuit top on and serve.

SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees; grease a 9x9 dish & set aside.
• In a large bowl, cut flour, sugar & butter together until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside 1/2 cup of this mixture.
• To the remaining butter mixture, add the rest of the ingredients & mix well.
• Pour into prepared dish & sprinkle topping over.
• Bake 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Note #1: The edges of the cake may turn a light golden brown while baking, but the topping should not brown.
• Note #2: Double the ingredients to make a larger (9x13) cake.

OLD-FASHIONED SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch baking pan.
• Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat egg and milk in another bowl; stir into flour mixture until batter is just blended. Spread batter in the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

TURKEY SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium-high heat sauté almonds in butter or margarine until lightly browned. Remove almonds set aside. Sauté mushrooms until limp. Remove mushrooms set aside.Melt butter or margarine in saucepan. Stir in flour. Cook and stir over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Add broth or bouillon. Stirring over medium heat, bring to a boil and boil until thickened. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir in turkey, vermouth, pimiento, almonds and mushrooms. Heat through.Serve over corn bread squares and garnish with parsley.

TURKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 8-inch round cake pan with shortening; coat with flour (do not use cooking spray). Lightly grease 6 muffin cups in regular-size muffin pan.
• Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour batter into 6 muffin cups, filling two-thirds full. Pour remaining batter (about 4 cups) into round pan. Bake cupcakes 17 to 21 minutes, round 47 to 53 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove cakes from muffin cups and pan; place rounded sides up on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. If necessary, cut off rounded tops of cakes.
• Use serrated knife to cut about one-third off round cake to make 2 pieces, 1 larger than the other, both with a straight edge. Spread about 1 tablespoon frosting on cut side of larger cake layer. Stand larger cake layer, cut side down, on tray or serving platter. Spread about 1 tablespoon frosting on cut side of smaller layer; stand cut side down in front of larger layer. Lightly press layers together to form the 2 layers of the turkey cake, using photo as a guide.
• Place 1 cupcake, top end out, on cake layers, using photo as a guide. Save or freeze remaining cupcakes for another use. Spread a thin layer of frosting over entire cake to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting. Reserve 2 tablespoons frosting in small bowl. Frost cake with remaining frosting.
• Place candy melts in 3 small microwavable bowls; microwave each uncovered as directed on bag. Stir until smooth. Dip ends of tubular-shaped wafer cookies into different colors candy coating. Using toothpicks, insert broken cookie ends into large cake layer, pressing firmly to hold in place. Decorate with candy corn, candy-coated chocolate candies and heart-shaped candy, using photo as a guide.
• To make each acorn, gently twist peanut butter sandwich cookies apart. Use reserved 2 tablespoons frosting to adhere milk chocolate candy to inner side of 1 peanut butter cookie. Use frosting to adhere miniature chocolate chip to top of acorn for stem.
• To make gumdrop leaves, roll each gumdrop on sugared surface to 1/4 inch thick. Use small canapé cutters to cut desired shapes. Store loosely covered. Remove toothpicks before serving.