Orange sage beer biscuits are light and fluffy!
Eat them piping hot with butter and honey!
These flakey buttery biscuits are everything you didn’t know you needed. Packed with so much flavor and depth in every one of these beer cheese biscuits. The freshness from the orange, the depth of flavor from the beer, and the earthy flavor from the fresh sage all pair together so wonderfully.
Sage biscuit recipe
I personally have loads of confidence in this orange biscuits recipe. If you like beer bread, you will love these beer biscuits! They have lots of cheddar cheese and a healthy dose of fresh sage. I can’t forget all the orange flavor! I used orange zest, orange juice, and the beer I used for the biscuits happened to be orange flavored. I used Blue Moon Valencia Grove Amber Ale, but you could use your favorite amber. The amber ale gave these biscuits a deep, rich earthy flavor. I ate several of these warm with butter and honey. I highly recommend eating them that way!
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Fresh sage
- Cheddar cheese
- Unsalted butter
- Bottled beer
- Milk
- Orange zest
- Fresh squeezed orange juice
- Paprika
For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.
How to Make Orange Sage Beer Biscuits
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with a whisk.
- Stir in the cheese and fresh sage leaves.
- Fold in the melted butter, orange zest, orange juice, and beer. Stir until just combined and moistened.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and pat it down into a 1-inch disc.
- Use a 3 inch round biscuit cutter to cut the biscuits.
- Gather the scraps as you go and continue to pat them down into another disc and continue cutting until you can do it no longer.
- Place your cut biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet.
- Brush the biscuits with milk and then sprinkle the tops with paprika.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until golden in color.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Tips
You can use any beer but I used Blue Moon Valencia Grove Amber Ale. Shock top is also a good choice. You want to use any good amber ale for this recipe because it will help to give the right balance and depth of flavor.
Make sure to be gentle with this dough. There is no need to knead the dough or treat it roughly. For tall and flakey layers you should just mix until combined and then lightly pat out to the right thickness. Overworking the dough will cause the glutens to develop and result in dense or chewy biscuits.
FAQs
Are biscuits and scones the same thing?
Scones and biscuits appear to be very similar and while they can come in the same shape and appearances they are actually two different things. Biscuits are flakey and buttery whereas scones are often much denser and crumblier (almost drier). Scones use ingredients like heavy cream and eggs to combine the dough whereas biscuits use butter.
So the two are not the same thing and in our case, we are making biscuits, not scones, so if you try this recipe keep in mind that the results should be fluffy layers of buttery goodness in every bite.
How long are homemade biscuits good for?
these homemade biscuits will be good for up to 2 days at room temperature or up to a week in the fridge. to maximize the shelf life you will want to place your cooled biscuits on a plate and cover them well in foil or plastic wrap to prevent drying out. Then store in a larger airtight container in the fridge. You can always warm up or reheat the biscuits before serving if desired.
What goes well with orange sage biscuits?
These biscuits go great when served alongside other breakfast favorites like hashbrowns and eggs, but thanks to the depth of savory flavors these biscuits would also make a tasty addition to the dinner table in form of a side dish. Serve them up whenever you want and they’re sure to disappear just the same.
If you love homemade biscuits then you are going to love these Sweet Potato Biscuits and my recipe for Easy Savory Breakfast Biscuits.
Orange Sage Beer Biscuits
Orange sage beer biscuits are light and fluffy! Eat them piping hot with butter and honey!
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup fresh sage, chopped
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 (12oz) bottle beer (I used Blue Moon Valencia Grove Amber Ale)
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 2 oranges zested
- Juice from 2 oranges
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Stir in cheese and fresh sage leaves.
- Fold in melted butter, orange zest and juice from oranges along with the beer. Stir just until combined.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface. Pat down into a 1-inch disc. Using a 3-inch round biscuit cutter, cut biscuits, gathering scraps as you go.
- Continue to pat down and cut remaining dough.
- Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Brush biscuits with milk and sprinkle with paprika.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden.
Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 330Total Fat 10gSaturated Fat 6gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 27mgSodium 611mgCarbohydrates 47gFiber 2gSugar 7gProtein 8g
Lisa @ Garnish with Lemon says
Love the layers of flakiness in these biscuits! Pinned 🙂
Heather @ French Press says
I really need to start baking with beer 🙂 these look perfect tanya!
Nicole says
These look really tasty, Tanya! You covered life’s 3 necessities: Beer, Bread & Cheese!
David @ Spiced says
Ummm…these look amazing! I am so tempted to put down my cup of coffee right now and go bake a batch!!
Emily @ It Bakes Me Happy says
what a fun twist on the classic bread, I love that you made biscuits Tanya!
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Emily!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
These biscuits are outrageous Tanya! Seriously, I need to add some sage to my herb garden 🙂 Pinned!
Lemonsforlulu says
I need to use sage more often! Thanks Trish!
Lisa @ Cooking with Curls says
Those are some amazing looking biscuits Tanya!! The story is pretty amazing as well. I am definitely not the confident, parachute pant wearing type of person…I would like to be…but it might be too late for me. 😉 I think I need these biscuits for dinner!!
Jenn @ Deliciously Sprinkled says
Beer.Bread. & Cheese…sign me up!! These biscuits look delish, I will be making them for sure at our next friends get together! Pinned 🙂
Kim of Mo'Betta says
These look and sound amazing!!
Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says
It was like a flash mob….of two! That would definitely be memorable and you’re totally right – it’s all about confidence!! I can see why you have confidence in these biscuits, since they look AMAZING!
Catherine says
These biscuits look absolutely delicious! They sound fabulous. Just stopping by from Two Cup. Have a wonderful day. Blessings, Catherine
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Catherine! I was so happy with they way the turned out!
Jocie@OPC says
These look so yummy – pretty much anything with beer or wine sounds good to me! 🙂 haha Thanks for linking up last week at Creativity Unleashed. Featuring you tomorrow on the blog and hope to see you back again!
Lemonsforlulu says
Oh yeah! Thank you Jocie!
emily says
Not to burst your bubble but are you sure you actually made these? The proportions are all wrong for a scone, not to mention the temperature for baking them..350? Should be more like 425. I made these today and used the flavors but not the measurements at all. That would have been a disaster. Half a cup of sage really? That is an insane amount to use, not to mention sage is not light in flavor. And with 4.5 cups of flour, that would make 2-3 times more than just 12 scones. You also don’t need baking soda or the orange juice. First giveaway should have been that she asks for melted butter…for a scone! Melted butter?! That is sacrelig!
Tanya Schroeder says
Emily, I hate to burst your bubble, but these are biscuits, not scones.