Sour Cream and Onion Biscuits Recipe

Sometimes we eat sour cream and onion biscuits for breakfast, sometimes for dinner with the family, and always with Christmas ham!

– 1 bunch scallions, (about 6) – 3 Tbsp snipped fresh chive – 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour – 2 tsp ranch seasoning, (from a salad dressing seasoning packet) – 1 3/4 tsp baking powder – 1 1/2 tsp sugar – 1 tsp coarse or kosher salt, (if using regular salt, reduce the amount to 1/2 tsp) – 1 tsp black pepper, freshly cracked – 1/2 tsp baking soda – 10 Tbsp cold butter, cut in piece – 1 1/4 cup sour cream – a few drops of milk, cream, or water, if necessary to hydrate your dough. – flaky sea salt for topping, optional

Ingredients

Instruction 

Heat the oven to 425F. Parchment a baking sheet. Trim and thinly slice white and green scallions. Shnipped chives added, set aside.

Step 1

Step 2

Mix flour, ranch seasoning, baking powder, sugar, salt, pepper, and baking soda in a large basin. Pulsing in my food processor is my preferred method.

Step 3

Add chopped butter. If doing by hand, rub or chop the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles coarse sand and no butter clumps remain. 

Step 4

In the processor, I pulse 20-25 times. butter added to sour cream and onion biscuits' dry ingredients.  Toss in scallions and chives. 

Step 5

In the processor, I pulse 20-25 times. butter added to sour cream and onion biscuits' dry ingredients.  Toss in scallions and chives. 

Step 6

In the processor, I pulse 20-25 times. butter added to sour cream and onion biscuits' dry ingredients.  Toss in scallions and chives. 

Step 7

In the processor, I pulse 20-25 times. butter added to sour cream and onion biscuits' dry ingredients.  Toss in scallions and chives. 

Step 8

In the processor, I pulse 20-25 times. butter added to sour cream and onion biscuits' dry ingredients.  Toss in scallions and chives. 

Step 9

In the processor, I pulse 20-25 times. butter added to sour cream and onion biscuits' dry ingredients.  Toss in scallions and chives. 

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