Southern Cat Head Biscuits I Made It

Southern Cat Head Biscuits

pointsevenout 12 years ago
Recipe by Chefjeb: Southern Cat Head Biscuits
It's a good biscuit but I'm just not used to a 2" biscuit. It has good flavor and lots of rise. Some of them rose so much they fell over. Think a 3" cut would have prevented that. Recipe is spot on for accuracy.
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keni 12 years ago said:

hmmmm

2 inch aren't catheads .... which are named for their size ... so, yeah, if you're gonna cut 'em, for sure I'd go with at least a 3 inch cut.

We just drop our biscuits, catheads or not, anyway ... so no need to cut 'em.

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frankieanne 12 years ago said:

Wow, those are tall! This California girl has never heard of a cathead biscuit. 3" is a big biscuit. Is that what a cathead is? A 3" biscuit?

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mommyluvs2cook 12 years ago said:

Wow those rose a lot! I guess that's what a cathead biscuit does? I love tall biscuits and often have trouble getting them to rise at all! Maybe it's the humidity here, not sure. Looks good though ;)

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pointsevenout 12 years ago said:

Forgot to mention I used King Arthur's Baker's Special dry milk and water as a sub for the milk as I'm temporarily out of wet milk. Might have something to do with how they rose.

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pointsevenout 12 years ago said:

There are enzymes in liquid milk that break down gluten structure in baked goods. Baker's Special dry milk is processed at a higher temperature to kill those enzymes and promote better rise in baked goods. Wet milk can be elevated to over 180F but below boiling and held for one minute to kill those enzymes too.
Happy baking.

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lovebreezy 12 years ago said:

Nice info. You should add your picture (or a cropped version of) and a link to this thread on the recipe page.

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pointsevenout 12 years ago said:

I would but Chefjeb doesn't like me posting pictures on his recipes. So I hesitate to link-up his recipe too.

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mommyluvs2cook 12 years ago said:

Oh gosh good to know! I have a couple of his recipes saved so now I know not to leave a pic! I need to try and find that Bakers dry milk next time I'm out.

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pointsevenout 12 years ago said:

King Arthurs
Bob's red mill
Now foods
are the three vendors I know of that have the dry milk and dry buttermilk.

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