Peach Shortcakes

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2008

Ripe farm stand peaches lead to shortcakes drenched in sweet juice. But what if you're stuck with hard, mealy supermarket peaches?

SERVES 6

TIME 1½ hours, plus 1 hour macerating

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a peach shortcake recipe that would work with any peach, regardless of quality, we found that macerating sliced peaches didn’t adequately moisten and sweeten the fruit. Microwaving some of the peaches with peach schnapps until they were...

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