This quirky recipe for 7-Up Biscuits may seem unusual, but don’t be fooled - it’s a fabulously easy way to make real buttery biscuits with an insanely light texture and delicious homestyle taste.
Prep Time20 minutesminutes
Cook Time13 minutesminutes
Total Time33 minutesminutes
Ingredients
2 ½cupall-purpose flour
3 ½teaspoonbaking powder
¾teaspoonsalt
¼cupcold butter, cubed
¼cupcold shortening, cubed
½cupsour cream
⅔cup7-Up
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk to combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Using a pastry cutter or two forks, cut the butter and shortening into the flour mixture, until the mixture is crumbly in texture.
Add the sour cream and use a rubber spatula to press and mix in. Once well mixed and coated, add the 7-Up and mix to combine.
Turn the dough out onto a clean, floured surface. Press the dough out into a 1” thick circle. Use a biscuit cutter (or a glass) to cut out biscuits. Press the excess dough back together to cut biscuits out of the remaining dough. You should get 10 to 12 biscuits.
Place the biscuits onto the prepared baking sheet and place into the preheated oven on the middle rack. Bake for 13 minutes, until golden. Serve warm.
Notes
Shortening - You can use all butter if you prefer. I find the mixture of shortening and butter to give you the best-textured biscuits.
Sour Cream - You can use plain greek yogurt in place of the sour cream.
Seven Up - Or Sprite works the same.
When rolling out the biscuits, try to handle the dough as little as possible. Overworking the dough will melt the butter, thus preventing flakey, buttery layers.
The biscuits are baked at 11-12 minutes into the baking time, but the added minute will get them a little more golden.