Banana-caramel Shortcakes
Total Time: 1 hr 47 mins
Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Cook Time: 17 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 6
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons sugar, plus
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- walnuts, chopped, garnish
Recipe
- 1 heat oven to 425 degrees; you'll need a baking sheet.
- 2 sauce: stir sugar and water in a heavy 2-quart saucepan over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.
- 3 boil 5 minutes, without stirring, scraping down sides of pan if mixture starts to crystallize around edges, or until mixture is caramel-colored.
- 4 whisk in butter until melted.
- 5 remove from heat and whisk in cream (mixture will bubble vigorously).
- 6 scrape into a medium bowl; cover loosely and refrigerate until cool.
- 7 shortcakes: whisk flour, walnuts, 2 t sugar, the baking powder and salt in a medium bowl until blended.
- 8 add cream; stir with a fork until mixture comes together to form a dough.
- 9 transfer dough to work surface and form into 6-inch long log.
- 10 cut into 6 rounds.
- 11 place rounds on ungreased baking sheet.
- 12 sprinkle tops with remaining sugar.
- 13 bake 14-17 minutes or until golden.
- 14 remove to wire rack to cool completely.
- 15 to serve: slice bananas and stir into caramel sauce.
- 16 beat cream, sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted.
- 17 halve shortcakes with a serrated knife.
- 18 place bottoms on dessert plates.
- 19 top each bottom with scant 1/4 cup banana-caramel mixture, then about 3 t whipped cream.
- 20 top with biscuit tops, 2 t banana-caramel mixture and 1 t whipped cream.
- 21 garnish.
- 22 to plan ahead: bake shortcakes no more than 8 hours before serving.
- 23 when they're cool, store tightly covered at room temperature.
- 24 make the caramel sauce up to a week ahead and store in the refrigerator.
- 25 of course, if time's really short, you can substitute bottled caramel sauce for the homemade.
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