Cat Head Biscuits
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 ½ cups cake flour
1 tbsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
8 tbsp (one stick) butter cut into ½ inch pieces and softened
4 tbsp shortening cut into ½ inch pieces
1 ¼ cups buttermilk
Lightly oil or spray 10 inch Dutch oven.
Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Rub in butter and shortening with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add buttermilk, stir until just combined, do not overwork dough.
Using a ½ cup measure or large spoon, transfer 6 heaping portions of dough into prepared Dutch oven, placing 5 biscuits around the outside and one in the center.
Use 10 coals in a ring around the bottom and the lid completely covered with coals. After 15 minutes remove the center coals and bake them for 5 minutes more with only one ring of briquettes around the outside of the lid.
Bake at 425 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until puffed and golden.
Check biscuits after 15 minutes to make sure they aren't browning too quickly.
Cool in Dutch oven for 10 minutes before serving warm.
Makes 6 large biscuits.
1 ½ cups cake flour
1 tbsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
8 tbsp (one stick) butter cut into ½ inch pieces and softened
4 tbsp shortening cut into ½ inch pieces
1 ¼ cups buttermilk
Lightly oil or spray 10 inch Dutch oven.
Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Rub in butter and shortening with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add buttermilk, stir until just combined, do not overwork dough.
Using a ½ cup measure or large spoon, transfer 6 heaping portions of dough into prepared Dutch oven, placing 5 biscuits around the outside and one in the center.
Use 10 coals in a ring around the bottom and the lid completely covered with coals. After 15 minutes remove the center coals and bake them for 5 minutes more with only one ring of briquettes around the outside of the lid.
Bake at 425 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until puffed and golden.
Check biscuits after 15 minutes to make sure they aren't browning too quickly.
Cool in Dutch oven for 10 minutes before serving warm.
Makes 6 large biscuits.
