Well we are finally starting to recover from all the activities surrounding Knoxville's 4th annual biscuit festival. What a fun time! My biscuit entry 'Lemon-Lime Pecan Stick Biscuits won 1st place in the sweet division. I was so excited. I am always pleased to be chosen as a finalist in any cooking contest and am always surprised if I win.
Lemon-lime Pecan Sticky Biscuits
2 Cups Self-Rising Flour
½ Cup Sour Cream
½ Cup + 3 Tablespoons Lemon-Lime Soda
½ Cup soft butter, divide
¼ Cup Cinnamon Sugar
¾ Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Pecan Halves
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Combine to make the biscuit;
2 Cups Self-Rising Flour
½ Cup Sour Cream
½ Cup Lemon-Lime soda
Knead lightly. Roll out on a floured board into a rectangle 6”x12”.
Spread dough with ¼ cup soft butter. Sprinkle with ¼ cup cinnamon sugar. Roll up jelly roll style. Slice into 9 pinwheels.
Grease a 9” baking pan with ¼ cup soft butter. Combine ¾ cup brown sugar with 3 Tablespoons lemon-lime soda. Pour into greased baking pan. Sprinkle on 1 cup pecan halves. Lay biscuit pin wheels over pecans.
Bake in hot oven 400 degree Time 20-22 minutes or until light brown.
Remove from oven and carefully turn onto serving dish.
This is the Biscuit Festival's 4th year and every year it gets bigger and bigger. Two new sponsors to this year's festival were Southern Living Magazine and Pillsbury. Contestants came from as far away as Vermont and the variety of biscuits entered in the contest and sampled on Biscuit Boulevard was amazing.
The Grand Prize winner was Christopher Lowe with his 'Fire on the Mountain' Biscuit. Christopher becomes the first Biscuit King and it was fun watching the excitement on his face when he won. Christopher's entry was in the Special Biscuit category. I will post his recipe as soon as I get it. Rounding out the finalist is Megan Fleming in the youth division with her' Big Orange Biscuit', and Matt Sandbank in the savory for 'Paige's Family Dinner' Biscuit.
Lemon-lime Pecan Sticky Biscuits
2 Cups Self-Rising Flour
½ Cup Sour Cream
½ Cup + 3 Tablespoons Lemon-Lime Soda
½ Cup soft butter, divide
¼ Cup Cinnamon Sugar
¾ Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Pecan Halves
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Combine to make the biscuit;
2 Cups Self-Rising Flour
½ Cup Sour Cream
½ Cup Lemon-Lime soda
Knead lightly. Roll out on a floured board into a rectangle 6”x12”.
Spread dough with ¼ cup soft butter. Sprinkle with ¼ cup cinnamon sugar. Roll up jelly roll style. Slice into 9 pinwheels.
Grease a 9” baking pan with ¼ cup soft butter. Combine ¾ cup brown sugar with 3 Tablespoons lemon-lime soda. Pour into greased baking pan. Sprinkle on 1 cup pecan halves. Lay biscuit pin wheels over pecans.
Bake in hot oven 400 degree Time 20-22 minutes or until light brown.
Remove from oven and carefully turn onto serving dish.
This is the Biscuit Festival's 4th year and every year it gets bigger and bigger. Two new sponsors to this year's festival were Southern Living Magazine and Pillsbury. Contestants came from as far away as Vermont and the variety of biscuits entered in the contest and sampled on Biscuit Boulevard was amazing. 
The Grand Prize winner was Christopher Lowe with his 'Fire on the Mountain' Biscuit. Christopher becomes the first Biscuit King and it was fun watching the excitement on his face when he won. Christopher's entry was in the Special Biscuit category. I will post his recipe as soon as I get it. Rounding out the finalist is Megan Fleming in the youth division with her' Big Orange Biscuit', and Matt Sandbank in the savory for 'Paige's Family Dinner' Biscuit.
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