My fruit bowl went from the odd apple and lots of oranges to an overflow of peaches cause its summertime fruit time!
I might have gone a little overboard with the first purchase of peaches and bought like 12 lbs. (Yeah I did). But I knew I wanted to make these shortcakes for the mr and Barb so I figured there is a couple pounds right there that are not going into my mouth so It was like I bought 10 lbs and I can eat 10 lbs of peaches in a week no problem. Facts!
It was weird, I don’t usually plan to far in advances on what I am going to bake but for some reason I had it in my head that I needed to make shortcakes with peaches. Everyone is always making strawberry shortcakes but then stops it there and I don’t know, it just seems like the world needs to expand their fruit and shortcake minds and mix it up. Yes strawberries are fantastic but so is all the other fruit out there. Especially peaches. Peaches are a good fruit to start mixing it up with.
See, I got you. Now to the peach shortcake!
The stuff. Flour baking powder, salt, sugar, coconut oil, plant milk, a can of coconut milk, powder sugar, and ripe peaches.
Start by cutting up peaches. Remove pits and dice small. You can peel them but why?
Place diced peaches into a bowl and toss with a little sugar. Set aside.
Make the biscuits. Toss all the dry together then cut in the very cold coconut oil. You want to have grainy, small little chunks of oil. Next add in the very cold milk and gently fold in with a fork until is is absorbed be gentle to not over mix..
Dump the shaggy dough onto a lighhy scoured counter and gather together.
roll dough out into a shape that is about 1 1/2 inches thick (I went with rectangle) and cut into 6-8 equal sized pieces.
Place cut biscuits on a lined baking sheet, brush tops with a little milk, and sprinkle the tops with a bit of sugar.
Pop into the oven to bake. 20-25 minute unlit golden brown.
Pretty bakes biscuits.
And last buy not least, the coconut whipped cream. Take the can of coconut milk from fridge and scoop our the thick cream part. Place into a cold bowl and beat until thick and creamy. Beat in a teaspoon or so of powered sugar if you want a little sweetness.
And then you add it all together. Cut a biscuit in half. scoop on some juicy sweet peaches, then top with a plop of coconut cream.
Summertime in the mouth.
Peach Shortcake
make 6-8 shortcakes
2 cups flour
1/2 cup very cold coconut oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup very cold plant based milk
5-6 fresh ripe peaches
1-2 tablespoon sugar for peaches (greater amount for sweeter peaches)
1 can full fat coconut milk chilled for 24 hours
1 teaspoon powdered sugar whipped coconut cream (optional)
Start buy cutting up peaches. Remove pits,(peel them if you must) ,and dice into small pieces. Place into a bowl and toss with a tablespoon or so of sugar. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 400
Now for the biscuits. Place flour, baking powder, 1 tablespoon sugar, and salt into a bowl. Mix until incorporated. Add in the very cold coconut oil and cut in with a fork or pastry cutter until the mixture is crumbly but the oil is NOT completely in mixed in. You want the little chunks of oil. Next dump in the very cold milk. Gently mix with a fork unil all the liquid is absorbed and a shaggy dough has formed. Dump dough onto a lightly floured surface and gather together. Pat flat with hands into a rectangle that is about 1 1/2 inches thick ten cut into 6-8 equal sized pieces. Place onto a line baking sheet, brush tops with a little milk and sprinkle with a bit of sugar. Pop into hot oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a nice golden brown on top and bottom. Remove form oven and let cool on a wire rack.
For coconut cream. Remove canned coconut milk from fridge, open it and scoop to the top layer of thick coconut cream. Place into a cold bowl and whip with a beater or by hand until thick. If you want to add a little sugar, beat in a teaspoon or so of powdered sugar.
To assemble. Grab a biscuit, cut in half and place on plate or in bowl. Scoop on some peaches and then add a plop of whipped coconut cream. Grab a eating utensil (spoon or fork, you do you) and eat.