Cathead Biscuits

Name: Cathead Biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups self-raising flour; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 6 tbsp cold butter, cubed; 1 1/2 cups cold buttermilk; melted butter to brush

Extra-large Southern-style drop biscuits, so big they are named for being roughly the size of a cat head.

Total time

30 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

3 cupsself-raising flour

1 tspsalt

1/2 tspbaking powder

6 tbspcold butter, cubed

1 1/2 cupscold buttermilk

melted butterto brush

Instructions

Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in cold butter until pea-sized.

Add buttermilk and stir until just combined.

Drop large portions (about 1/2 cup) onto a lined baking sheet.

Bake at 220°C for 18-20 minutes.

Brush immediately with melted butter.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

524

Protein

12g

Fat

19.2g

Carbs

77.1g

Fiber

2.8g

Sodium

1196mg

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