7-Up Biscuits!

This is one of those recipes that has circulated all over the Internet and Pinterest and I get asked for it a lot, so I thought I would make these and post them.  This recipe does produce a really fluffy and light biscuit due to the addition of the soda.  They also have just a hint of sweetness.  If you do not have good luck with making homemade biscuits, this is a good recipe to use, because I don't think you can mess it up.  

As with all of the Pinterest type recipes, I have to experiment and see if they really work.  This one works, but I did adjust just a bit for best results.  

 Here is what you will need:

2 1/4 cups baking mix (like Bisquick o Jiffy)

1/2 cup sour cream

2/3 cup 7-Up or any clear carbonated soda will work

1/4 cup butter

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 

Place the butter in a 9"x9" baking pan and place it in the oven to melt the butter.  Watch it carefully or it will burn.

Place the baking mix in a mixing bowl.  With a pastry cutter or fork, cut the sour cream into the baking mix.  Pour in the 7-Up and mix.   This makes a very soft dough. 

Sprinkle a board or sheet of wax paper with more baking mix and then turn your dough out onto it.  Knead and work the dough until it is covered with baking mix.  Do Not over work the dough.  This is why biscuits turn out sort of tough and not flaky. Just knead enough that you can roll the dough out to cut it.

  I use a baking mix that I get at GFS (Gordon Food Services) and it is so much better than any I have ever tried.  It has little bits of butter in it.  If you have a GFS in your area, check it out.  I think they are mostly in the southeast.

Roll it out, leaving it fairly thick for thicker biscuits. Cut with a biscuit cutter or glass or whatever you have. You should get about 9-10 biscuits out of this.

Place each biscuit in the pan, turning them over in the melted butter so that each side gets buttered.  Place in a preheated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes or until browned on top!

Serve hot out of oven!  They are delicious!





Garlic Cheddar Biscuits!

These delicious "Garlic Cheddar Biscuits" have been made popular by some of the restaurants that serve them...mainly Red Lobster.  They are so good when they are hot right out of the oven and you are starving waiting for your main course to arrive.   I actually think the very best ones I have eaten at a restaurant was at Paula Deen's Lady and Sons Restaurant in Savannah, Georgia.  So, when I got home from my trip to Savannah, I thought I would make some of my own, because they would be so good with soups and pasta dishes.  I started on my search for a recipe that measured up to the restaurant quality garlic cheese biscuits, only to find that none of them measured up.  I even ordered the garlic cheese biscuit mix sold on Paula Deen's website and it was pretty close, but it was also very expensive for the amount it made and not something I was going to order and pay shipping on frequently.  I love Paula Deen, but I am just too practical for that.

So I have experimented with recipes and finally I came up with my own.  This was the best result.  What I discovered about the others is that most of them do not have enough  cheese in them or enough liquid.  The biscuits turn out a little dry and tasteless when that is the case.  Who wants that?  These are tender and very tasty.   Here is what you need and it's so easy:

2 cups baking mix (I used GFS biscuit mix, but you can use Bisquick or something similar)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 scant cup milk (that just means slightly less than a cup)
4 Tbs. butter, melted (1/2 stick)
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. dried parsley flakes)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix the biscuit mix, cheese and milk.  The dough will be very sticky.  Spray a baking sheet lightly with nonstick spray or line it with nonstick aluminum foil.

 Drop the biscuits by heaping tablespoons.  I like mine a little bigger and get about 8 out of this, you can make them smaller and get around 10.  While these are baking, mix melted butter with garlic powder and parsley flakes.



Bake for 10-12 minutes or just until they are starting to get golden brown.  As soon as you take them out of the oven, piping hot, brush each one generously with the garlic butter mixture.