half-cat-head biscuits
Went on a deep dive about Southern cat head biscuits. Read four or five recipes, then did my own thing. They turned out great. They're like something in-between a drop biscuit and a tall buttermilk biscuit. Easy peasy to make, too. I'm calling mine half-cat-head because my 13 year old pointed out they were not big enough to be actual cat's heads. Some things I really loved about these: no rolling or cutting involved, denser texture than my traditional biscuits, and only mixing in 4 T of the butter made my hands less fatigued. HALF-CAT-HEAD BISCUITS 4 c flour (Southern style preferred - i.e. White Lily or un-self-rising cake flour) 3-4 big pinches of kosher salt scant palmfull of baking powder 1 stick butter 1-1.5 c yogurt whey (or buttermilk) 1) Preheat oven to 475. Put a cast iron skillet it in to heat up. 2) Whisk flour, salt, baking powder together. 3) Cut your butter into 3 hunks - 2 T for the skillet, 2 T to top the biscuits later, and then take the remainin...
