Thanks for posting and taking us through the process. My mother and grandmother both made excellent biscuits. They formed theirs by a method called “in-the-well”. Years ago, when I decided that I was going to learn to make biscuits, I had better success using the method you described. I did cut my biscuits with an antique cup though, I guess it was for the nostalgic side of me. My mother passed in 2010 and it dawned on me that I haven’t made biscuits since then. My wife more often asks for cornbread with certain meals, so that she has some leftover to breakup in her buttermilk and eat like she did with her mother and grandmother.