- Preheat oven to 400℉ (205℃) 
- In a large bowl, sift or whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.  - 4 Cups All-Purpose flour, 1 Tablespoon Granulated Sugar, 5 teaspoons Baking Powder, ½ teaspoon Salt 
- Add butter pieces to dry ingredients. Using a pastry blender or your hands, work butter into the dry ingredients. Continue to work the butter until there are still bits of butter about the size of a pea. - ¾ Cup Unsalted butter 
- Add 1 ¼ cup of heavy cream to the bowl and toss with a rubber spatula. Work dough briefly with your hands until it starts to come together. - 1 ⅓ Cups Heavy Cream 
- Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on the work surface.  Knead briefly until no dry crumbs remain. 
- Roll dough to ½ inch (dust worksurface and/or rolling pin with flour if the dough begins to stick). 
- Cut biscuits using a 3" round pastry cutter. 
- Roll out remaining scraps of dough and cut additional biscuits. 
- Place half of the biscuits on the prepared sheet pan. 
- Brush tops of the biscuits lightly with melted butter.  Place the other half of the biscuits on top of the biscuits in the pan. Brush lightly with melted butter. - ¼ Cup Unsalted butter 
- Bake  for 12 - 15 minutes.  Biscuits will be well risen and a dark brown when finished. 
- Cool biscuits completely before assembling the shortcakes.