Easy to bake, fresh year 'round. 

Ingredients

• Shortcake:
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• ½ cup buttermilk
  
  
• Fruit Sauce:
• 1 fresh lime with zest
• 1 jar Chukar® Cherries Jubilee Dessert Sauce
• Whipped Cream:
• 1 pint heavy cream
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
  
  
• Garnish:
• Chukar® Cocktail Cherries, All Natural

Directions

Shortcake:
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add buttermilk, stirring just until moist (dough will be sticky).
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly 4 times with floured hands. Pat dough into a 6 x 4-inch rectangle. Cut dough into 6 squares.
Place squares 1 inch apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 425°F for 12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Fruit Sauce:
Add ¼ teaspoon fresh lime juice and a pinch of lime zest to Chukar® Cherries Jubilee Dessert Sauce and stir.
Warm cherry sauce before filling the shortcakes.
Whipped Cream Topping:
Whip heavy cream. When cream makes soft folds, beat in sugar and vanilla.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

To Serve:
Split shortcakes in half horizontally using a serrated knife.
Place each bottom half on a dessert plate. Add a spoonful of warm cherry filling to each.
Cover with shortcake tops. Spoon a tablespoon of cherry sauce over each top.
Top each serving with a dollop of whipped cream. Garnish each shortcake with a single Chukar® Cocktail Cherry.