Flaky & Fluffy Cathead Biscuits

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Why You'll Love These Biscuits

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Ingredients

Start by whisking together all of your dry ingredients and adding cold, cubed butter

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I prefer to use a "snapping fingers" motion to rub the butter and the flour together

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When you're done, the butter should be a mixture of tiny pea-sizes along with flat pieces

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Add cold buttermilk and mix until you get a shaggy dough

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Dump it onto a floured counter and gather into a square-ish shape

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Use a knife or bench scraper to cut into 4 pieces

Stack them on top of eachother, press back down, and repeat this 2 more times

At the end of three "cut and stacks" you can see all the flaky layers you created

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Roll out the dough and cut into 3 to 4 inch rounds

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Give them 10 minutes in the freezer while you preheat your oven to 450°F

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Brush with an egg wash and bake

Tall and flaky Cathead Biscuits

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Perfect for Sandwiches!

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Recipes perfect for Cathead Biscuits + gravy

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