Cathead Biscuits
So fluffy on the inside and crispy edges on the outside. Perfect vessel for butter, jelly, honey, or sausage gravy.
Equipment
- dry 1 cup measuring tool
- spoon & butter knife
- large mixing bowl
- cutting board
- pastry blender
- whisk
- 12" cast iron skillet or other baking dish
- 3 1/2" biscuit cutter
- measuring cup
Ingredients
- 4 cups self-rising flour
NOTE: if you are using all-purpose flour, add 6 tsp baking powder & 1 tsp salt.
- 1/2 cup very cold butter, cut into small cubes
- 2 TBS butter, melted
- 2 cups buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Grease or butter the 12" cast iron skillet and set aside.
- Add self-rising flour to large mixing bowl and whisk to fluff up flour.NOTE: if using all-purpose flour, add baking powder and salt to flour according to ingredients listed above and whisk.NOTE: to measure flour accurately, spoon flour into dry measuring cup, making sure to over fill measuring cup. Take back flat edge of butter knife and scrape off excess flour from measuring cup. This will give you correct amount.
- Add in cubed cold butter to flour. Using a pastry cutter blend butter into flour until pea size shapes occur.NOTE: you can freeze a stick of butter and grate it into the flour, or use your fingers to break the butter into the flour.
- Once you get pea shape pieces, add cold buttermilk. Stir together until you get a shaggy dough. DON'T OVER MIX>NOTE: if you do not have buttermilk, you can add 2 TBS of either white distilled vinegar or 2 TBS lemon juice to a 2 cup measuring cup. Fill with regular milk to the 2 cup line. Stir and let sit for 5 minutes and there's your buttermilk for this recipe.
- Turn out your shaggy dough onto a clean floured work surface. Pat the dough into a 3/4" deep circle. Using a large 3 1/2" dough cutter cut our 8 biscuits.NOTE: once you cut out enough biscuits, use the scraps to make more circles.
- Place biscuits into greased 12" cast iron skillet touching each other. Melt 2 TBS butter and brush on to the biscuits using a pastry brush.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm.