Cathead biscuits aren’t your typical breakfast bread.

Enter: cathead biscuits.

Without further ado, learn how to make classic cathead biscuits.

Southern Living Cathead Biscuits in a basket to serve with butter

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What Makes Biscuits Fluffy?

The secret to fluffy biscuits is the bang out of flour you use.

This recipe calls to bake them farther apart to keep the sides crisp and the biscuits ideal for sandwich-making.

Southern Living Cathead Biscuits ingredients

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)unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-in.

Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with aluminum foil.

Add butter cubes, and pulse to coat cubes with flour mixture, about 5 (1-second) pulses.

Southern Living Cathead Biscuits lining the pan with foil

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Pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal and small chunks of butter remain, about 25 (1-second) pulses.

Drizzle buttermilk into food processor, and pulse until just barely combined, about 8 (1-second) pulses.

Using a 3-inch round cutter dipped in flour, cut straight down to cut out 9 rounds.

Southern Living Cathead Biscuits combining the dry ingredients in the food processor

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Reroll scraps, and flatten into a 3/4-inch-thick shape.

Cut out 3 more rounds (to make 12 biscuits total).

Let cool at least 5 minutes before serving.

Southern Living Cathead Biscuits adding the butter cubes to the food processor

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Frequently Asked Questions

Many older biscuit recipes call for lard or shortening.

While that’s not in this recipe, we certainly won’t judge you if you use it.

Yes, cathead biscuits can be cut and frozen.

Southern Living Cathead Biscuits pulsing the butter with the dry ingredients

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Place frozen rounds in a ziplock bag or airtight container, and store for up to six months.

To bake from frozen, add about five minutes baking time.

Yes, after cathead biscuits are baked, you could reheat them at 350F for about 5 minutes.

Southern Living Cathead Biscuits adding the buttermilk to the dough

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Southern Living Cathead Biscuits patting the dough into a rectangle to cut

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Southern Living Cathead Biscuits cutting the biscuits out of the dough

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Southern Living Cathead Biscuits on baking sheet ready to bake

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Southern Living Cathead Biscuits after baking

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Southern Living Cathead Biscuits in a basket to serve

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