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I posted the picture yesterday as a new member and received many requests for sharing the recipe. So, here it is,
CatHead Biscuits are named for their size… Big as a cat’s head. Mom always said her mother, my memaw, made them big so you could put a big slab of ham on it.
I remember memaw making them everyday.
She used what looked like to me, a big round metal wash bowl.
She kept it in a cupboard that always had flour in it.
Ingrédients
2 cups self rising flour
1 to 2 Tablespoons of shortening ( memaw used lard and mom did too.
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon salt
measure flour and salt into bowl that has flour
sprinkled in it, cut lard into flour until its crumbly
(about pea size) I use a fork or spoon to do this.
add buttermilk and using your floured hands,
lightly mix until a soft dough forms. I usually have
to add a bit more flour as I’m mixing to keep it
from being too sticky. This must be why memaw
kept flour in the bowl all the time. I don’t roll
dough out, ( you can) but instead, I pull off pieces
of dough and roll it in my hands like I saw my
mother and memaw do it. Always use a round
pan and grease it well ( I always use bacon
grease) Place biscuits touching each other and
bake in 400 degree oven 15 to 20 minutes. makes
about 6 to 7 biscuits. I brush melted butter on
top.
ENJOY!
