Cathead Biscuits Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Biscuit Recipes. (Cathead Biscuits Recipe). This is the old-time recipe from our grandmamas. There is no real measurement in this for the shortening. Wonderful and tasty heavy biscuit from the old times. Great with homemade sausage gravy. Always always always use White Lily® flour for the fluffiest biscuits. I usually don't always use all of the buttermilk. I seem to usually have just under a 1/4 cup leftover.

Brief

Prep 10 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Total: 25 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 large biscuits

Cathead Biscuits Recipe

Ingredients

4 cups self-rising flour (such as WhiteLily®)

1 pinch salt

3 tablespoons room-temperature vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)

or as needed

1 ¾ cups buttermilk

or as needed

¼ cup melted butter for brushing

or to taste

Bread

Directions

Step 1

Preheat an oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch cake pan.

Step 2

Sift flour and salt together into a large mixing bowl. Make a dent in flour by pushing flour from center toward sides of bowl. Add 2 walnut-size lumps of shortening and a splash of buttermilk to the flour where you made the dent. Work the shortening into the flour using fingers in a twisting motion (rub thumb against pointer and middle finger motion) until the shortening is fully incorporated into the flour.

Step 3

Pour buttermilk into the flour about 1/4 cup at a time continuing to work it in with your fingers until the buttermilk is completely incorporated into a sticky dough.

Step 4

Roll dough into 8 large balls and drop into prepared cake pan working around the outside and putting the last one in middle to fill the pan. Press dough balls with back of fingers to flatten until they touch and are about 3/4- to 1-inch thick.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven until the tops are golden brown 15 to 20 minutes. Brush tops with melted butter.

Nutritional Information

Cathead Biscuits Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 336

% Daily Value *

Protein: 8g 16%

Carbohydrates: 49g 16%

Dietary Fiber: 1.7g 7%

Sugars: 2.7g

Fat: 11.6g 18%

Saturated Fat: 5.2g 26%

Cholesterol: 17.4mg 6%

Vitamin A Iu: 191.2IU 4%

Niacin Equivalents: 5.3mg 40%

Vitamin C: 0.5mg 1%

Folate: 125.4mcg 31%

Calcium: 275.1mg 28%

Iron: 2.9mg 16%

Magnesium: 17.9mg 6%

Potassium: 160.1mg 5%

Sodium: 910.3mg 36%

Thiamin: 0.4mg 44%

Calories From Fat: 104.7

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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