When life gives you peaches, you grill ‘em. With some brown sugar on top.
When life gives you unannounced guests, you grill the peaches and stuff ‘em inside a biscuit. With some whipped cream on top.
And as you’re making those peaches, you have to sing, “Last minute guests, what ‘cha gonna do, what ‘cha gonna do when they come for you…”.
I swear on my spatulas, I sang that song the entire time that I was making these.
Why peaches, you ask? ‘Cause I didn’t have any strawberries.
Well, I had some, but that’s baby girl’s snack – can’t go there.
And the grill was already fired up.
I am just glad that I made a couple extras because without them I wouldn’t have a post today.
Or, I would have a post, but without these shortcakes. Not good. These shortcakes really deserve their own post.
ENJOY!
Grilled Peach Shortcakes
Ingredients
FOR THE BISCUITS
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
- 4 ounces (1/2 of a 8 oz. package) cream cheese, cut in cubes
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon milk for brushing the tops
FOR THE PEACHES
- 4 peaches , washed, sliced (about 8 slices per peach)
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar , or to taste
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar , or to taste
FOR THE WHIPPED CREAM
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
For the Biscuits:
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and orange zest in a large bowl.
- Add in the cream cheese and mash it with a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in ? cup of milk and form a dough.
- Flour hands and divide the dough into 8 balls.
- Place the dough balls 3 inches apart on a greased baking sheet or silpat.
- With a glass flatten the dough balls to 1/2 inch thickness and brush the tops with milk and sprinkle a bit of sugar on top.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Take out the biscuits and allow them to cool down to room temperature.
For the Peaches
- Drizzle peaches with balsamic vinegar and sprinkle with brown sugar; let sit for 30 minutes. In the meantime, preheat the grill.
- Brush grill with a bit of oil.
- Place peach-slices on the grill. Grill for 5 minutes then turn over and grill for another minute or two, or until soft.
- Remove and let them cool to room temperature.
For the Whipped Cream:
- Meanwhile prepare the whipped cream by combining together the heavy whipping cream, vanilla, and sugar.
- Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- When chilled, beat the mixture until stiff peaks form.
Assemble the shortcakes by cutting the biscuits in half.
- Place 3 to 4 slices of grilled peaches on the bottom half of the biscuit, top with a spoonful of whipped cream, and cover with the top half of the biscuit.
- Serve immediately or put the cakes in the refrigerator until ready to use.
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If you keep cooking like that you’re going to have a string of unannounced guests! Grilled peaches sound delicious!
I love the song by the way! Whatcha gonna do when the come for you. Now I’ll be singing that all day in my head.
Mmmmm, these sound amazing! Thinking about trying them with sweetened rhubarb… I’m a sucker for desserts with fresh whipped cream. 🙂
Summer on a plate. Yum!
I am soooo addicted to peaches lately, this looks delicious! I love grilling them with honey and lime mixed:-) Perfect compliment to me, biscuits and peaches:-)
Hugs, Terra
Dessert on the fly I love it! I think you and Top 9 are made for each other.
First off, I cannot believe you swore on your spatulas! Secondly, I feel that song is very fitting for the moment. And thirdly, holy shortcakes! Those are fantastic! Anything, and I mean ANY-THANGG, with summer peaches is an addiction. So, in short. I am making these asap. You’re the best!
Love this – total torture looking at it pre-lunchtime on an empty stomach!
They look really good, i don’t have to taste them to say they’re good! Congrats for the top 9, hope one day i’ll be there with you =D
Congrats on top 9!!!
grilled peaches – i love them, well i love peaches in general.
love this last minute treat for your unannounced guests.
p.s. you cracked me up swearing on your spatula LOL
Kate! That was very tempting! 😀
These look amazing! Subbing peaches for the strawberries is such a little change, but it looks delicious! I’d have guests unannounced all the time if I served them this 🙂
Am loving the idea of grilling the peach in the recipe! The shortcakes look lovely with the uneven crust.
This looks fabulous!!! What a great recipe. Thanks for sharing!
I’ll be there tomorrow night, unannounced, and I want these! Delicious!!
Such fun shortcakes – I love grilled peaches.
Kate, this recipe is beyond awesome! I’ve never EVER had a grilled peach before… That WILL change now. haha!
I really have a mood for grill peach now! It looks so lovely 🙂
This is MY KIND OF RECIPE!!! absolutely gorgeous and looks so delish. great job 🙂
This looks TASTY!!
I just made banana splits with grilled peaches! If only I had a biscuit! 😀 LOL!
Oh these look fabulous! I love that you grill the peaches 🙂
Yum! Really great set- biscuit, peaches and cream..
It’s no secret that I love the grill, so these peaches are right up my alley! Plus, I just love shortcakes! What a fantastic idea – thanks for sharing!
Oh grilled peaches on this sounds amazing Kate. I actually have clove and balsamic sugar that I think would be great on this!
These look so yummy, Kate!! I bet your unannounced guests will visit you again soon 😉
This is my 2nd time seeing grilled peach recipe and I’m VERY interested. I just need to buy peaches and try grilling them! Your shortcakes look so delicious!!!
They look so inviting and do deserve an entry of their own!
These look so good. I love that you did them with peaches.
YUM! These look so wonderful and grilled peaches… WOW! You’re pictures look like they come from a book or magazine… they are so perfect. I always drool over your recipes and pictures. You do a great job of both. : )
Thanks Kate now I;m craving grilled peaches 🙂 looks delicious 🙂
LOL 😀 Funny post… I would be afraid to go near the strawberries too… My little girl is crazy about them & would bring the house down if I did something silly like make something with them! 🙂 You did a fantastic job with these… LOVE these peach shortcakes… I bet they taste amazing…Thanks for sharing 🙂
Wow – these look terrific! Your pictures are SO beautiful! I would drop by unannounced, too! Buzzing this one!
I like your idea of what to do with all of these summer peaches! Looks delicious and perfect for summer.
I am on a peach frenzy right now and this is one more to add to the list of must trys lovely~
ahhh i love!! “when life gives you peaches, you make peachy shortcakes” 🙂
Those look so delicious. I love shortcake and this looks so good, and those peaches? Yum!
Perfect for unexpected guests and perfect way to use up the wonderful peaches. I have been seeing a lot of shortcakes using biscuits lately and I love the idea, yours look great!
This screams summer!! I want to grill up some peaches!
Gorgeous looking recipe and photos alike 🙂 scrumptious
you are the 5 th blogger I visited who has peach in their recent post .. and so do I 🙂 We are going crazy over peaches i guess!
I adore grilled fruit and who could resist shortcake 🙂
FAbulous dessert Kate! Love it!
You came up with a very fabulous treat, Kate! Your guests were so lucky!
I hadn’t seen the recipe but I was soo right in wanting this dessert! grilled peaches, shortcake and whipped cream with a touch of balsamic vinegar? that is pure deliciousness!
Yum yum! Love peaches, grilled or otherwise. Fab idea.
That’s so nice of you to whip these up for unexpected guests, Kate! They look absolutely scrumptious 🙂
Oh Kate, these are super fantastic!! I love peaches and they have been da bomb this year! I have Peach shortcake on my dessert menu this week.
LOL! I sing variations of this song all the time 🙂 Now I guess I have one more remix to add to my list 😉
As for your shortcakes, they look great! I shall definitely make my next shortcakes with peaches!
Oooh, these look fabulous! I was thinking of making peach shortcakes, too…just bought 20 pounds of Indiana peaches…mmmmmm. But I hadn’t thought of grilling them first…yummy idea~
Liz, I made these with Indiana peaches! 🙂 YAAAAY HOOSIERS!
Grill them before making the shortcakes…they are super-delicious!
This is a very cool dessert to come up with on the spur of the moment, so how many guests showed up? Will have to try that one!
Hi Evelyne!
2 adults…one of them English…very English…afternoon teas and all, and he’s a chef. 🙂
How delicious! These look incredible, perfect breakfast treat! Now I’m hungry 🙂
Oh, you didn’t just sing the Bad Boys song for your guests, did you??? That made me laugh. But this dessert, this is serious business, serious deliciousness!
Funny post:))) Yes I had few of those unannounced guests..this is better than peanut-butter and nutella on the toast:)) that I shamelessly served one time hahaha..I have to try grilled peaches, yours look great!
I love biscuick! I use that for my strawberry shortcake, something just so yummy and easy about it! Never grilled peaches before, but I am seeing it everywhere. Looks delicious, definitely going to have to try soon!
I haven’t had biscuits like that since I was a kid!! So pretty and good. I loved them with an ice cold glass of milk … I would probably go for something, er, a bit stronger now, lol. Last minute guests … well, this is why I never answer the doorbell unless I know who it is! I am turning into a curmudgeon, I think. : )
This looks like such a fantastic dessert! You have some very lucky guests, albeit last-minute ones!
Yum! I love the idea of peach shortcakes, an excellent seasonal dessert!
Swearing on your spatulas…you made me laugh! I’ve had grilled peaches on my list of things to make for a while now. Your shortcakes are a brilliant idea!
Now wonder your guests arrive unannounced! I would too for desserts like this. 🙂 LOL. Looks delicious! I mean seriously delicious!