Southern Cathead Biscuits
From wdsdy 16 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 6
These are good with jam or jelly! And they make a really tasty ham biscuit, too!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons butter shopping list
- 1 cup buttermilk shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Grease baking sheet.
- Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt; stir well.
- Cut in 1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Sprinkle buttermilk evenly over flour mixture, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Turn dough out onto a floured surface; knead 10 to 12 times.
- Shape dough into 2-inch balls, and press with knuckles.
- Place biscuits on greased baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and brush tops of biscuits with melted butter.
- Continue baking an additional 2 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Yield: About 1 dozen.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
I have never mastered the art of making homemade biscuits but these sound delicious. My daddy always called a big home made biscuit a cat's head when I was a little girl. :o)
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tnacndn
in Jasper loved it
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I heard that the name came from how big these biscuits are....the size of a cat's head? Is that right? They are good too! jett
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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You are definately my kind of cook...Southern! These are absolutely wonderful, thanks for the post. I love your avitar
redkitchen
in Murfreesboro loved it
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