Tender and Flaky 7-Up Biscuits with Sour Cream - Butter & Baggage (2024)

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Published: Mar 10, 2023 · Modified: Feb 27, 2024 by Barbara Curry · This post may contain affiliate links.

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7 UP biscuits are a Southern biscuit made with a lemon-lime soda, which adds a slightly sweet flavor and helps the dough rise. The biscuits are light and fluffy with a crispy crust due to being cooked in butter. No buttermilk needed. A perfect addition to any dinner table.

Simple 30 Minute 7UP Biscuit Recipe

With seriously simple ingredients and incredibly easy steps, anyone can make 7 UP biscuits, or Sprite biscuits, you don’t even need 7 UP, any lemon-lime soda will due. Start to finish in 30 minutes and you only need 1 bowl so clean up’s a breeze.

Since these fluffy biscuits are made with soda, they’re lightly sweet with a unique flavor you won’t find in classic buttermilk biscuit or in cream cheese biscuits. In fact, you don’t even need buttermilk for this easy biscuit with sour cream recipe. They’re not as sweet as a honey butter biscuit, but you will notice a little sweetness.

Not only are the ingredients simple as with most Southern bread and biscuits, you can get these 7 up biscuits without bisquick on the table in under 30 minutes. Bake in a casserole dish or in a cast iron skillet for a faster cook time, square or round, you choose.

You might be asking, what’s so special about Sprite biscuits. While the soda gives them a different texture, they are baked in a layer of melted butter, like swim biscuits. This adds flavor but also makes the sides and bottom a little crispy.

While you can pair them with Easter ham or maple baked chicken, these soft and fluffy biscuits are delicious on their own. Serve with butter and honey and ta-da, the best buttery biscuits. Light and airy like angel biscuits but much quicker. If you don’t have oven space, make air fryer biscuits instead.

I didn’t grow up with 7 UP biscuits, we were a traditional buttermilk biscuit family so I had to do a lot of experimenting with this recipe to get it just right. I did not want to use Bisquick which is what the original recipe calls for.

My gang was not complaining with all the batches I made! The dough will be sticky but you should still be able to handle it without getting it all over your hands. If not, add a little more flour.

So Many Reasons to Love These Biscuits

• They’re flaky biscuits that are still super moist!
• With a hint of sweetness, these biscuits have a unique flavor and texture
• You don’t need to use buttermilk
• You won’t need Bisquick
• Cook in a cast iron skillet or a casserole dish
• So versatile, try with an Easter ham or a rotisserie chicken

7 Up Biscuit Recipe Ingredients

• Flour – plain old all purpose flour yields the best results
• Butter – you’ll need cold and melted. The cold is needed for the dough and the melted to put in the pan before baking.
• Sour cream – feel free to swap for plain greek yogurt.
• 7-UP – It doesn’t matter what lemon-lime soda you use, but it should not be a diet soda. My preference is Sprite but you can also use ginger ale.
• Kitchen staples – baking powder and salt.

Pro Tip: To save on clean up, melt the butter directly in the pan you are going to bake the biscuits in. Just add the butter and put the pan in the oven for a few minutes.

Simple Steps for Sprite Biscuits

Step 1: Make the dough

Combine all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. With a fork or pastry cutter, combine the cold butter with the dry ingredients. After that, mix in the sour cream with a fork.

Step 2: Add the soda

Add the lemon-lime soda and mix until just combined. It should be a little sticky.

Step : Two ways to cut

Cut the biscuits into squares or circles.

Place the cut biscuits into a baking pan with melted butter right next to each other, or in a cast iron skillet.

If using a cast iron skillet this recipe will not fill a 10 inch skillet like they will an 8 x 8 baking dish.

Pro tip: Use a biscuit cutter or the rim of a glass to cut the circles, going straight down. A knife will work just fine for square biscuits.

A Few Recipe Notes

• Use very cold butter when making the dough.
• Try not to handle the dough any more than possible, it should be shaggy and sticky.
• You can use any type of lemon lime soda as long as it’s not diet soda.
• You can easily double the recipe and make them in a 9 x 13 baking dish.

How to Store 7 Up Biscuits without Bisquick

To store biscuits, let them cool on a cooling rack and place in a ziplock or airtight container and store at room temperature for 1-2 days. Biscuits dry out quickly so if you are not going to eat them right away, store them in the freezer, not the fridge.

See Also

7 Up Biscuits Recipe from Scratch (Self Rising Flour) - Kindly Unspoken

What to Serve with 7 Up Biscuits with Sour Cream

• Strawberry rhubarb jam or honey butter are all you need.
• Serve them alongside steak marsala for a great savory dinner.
• They are great with a Southern sausage gravy.
• Scrumptious with oven roasted pork tenderloin.

More Southern Biscuits to try

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