Banana Split Shortcakes

I found an old 1999 woman's day magazine pull-out and they had many different variations of shortcakes. i made all but 4 of them at some point. here is another winner in my family's eyes. allow time before serving to assemble the dessert as these have to be put together just a few minutes before serving or the ice cream will melt.

Steps

Heat oven to 400f chill one cookie sheet and have ready another cookie sheet.

Drop 8 scoops of ice cream onto chilled cookie sheet and place in freezer.

For strawberry sauce:.

Put sauce ingredients into a small saucepan , stir to mix.

Bring to a boil over medium heat and boil , stirring occasionally , until thickened.

Reduce heat to low and simmer 2 minutes , stirring occasionally.

Pour into a bowl , cool , cover , and refrigerate.

For shortcakes:.

Mix together the flour , sugar , and the baking powder in a medium bowl.

With a pastry blender , cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Pour 1 c of the lite buttermilk in with the mixture and stir with a spoon until mixture clumps together and is slightly sticky , adding more liquid , a little at a time , if necessary.

Drop 8 slightly rounded 1 / 3 cupfuls of dough 2 inches apart on ungreased.

Bake 12 minutes or until slightly puffed , bottoms are brown and tops are golden.

Gently slide cakes onto a wire rack.

Ingredients

ice cream, strawberry, sugar, cornstarch, flour, baking powder, baking soda, butter, low-fat buttermilk, whipped topping, bananas, maraschino cherries, hot fudge