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Biscuits and Gravy is a homestyle breakfast everyone loves!

Biscuits and Gravy

Biscuits and Gravy is a homestyle breakfast everyone loves!
Course Breakfast
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 3 to 4 servings
Author Julie Kotzbach

Ingredients

  • 1 pound breakfast-style sausage
  • 2 1/2 heaping tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream or milk if you prefer
  • Salt and pepper

Biscuits:

  • 2 cups flour plus more for kneading
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon cold butter
  • 2 tablespoons shortening
  • 1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup milk with 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

Biscuits:

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using a fork, cut the butter and shortening into the dry ingredients until the mixture looks like crumbs.
  3. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the cold buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. (The dough will be very sticky.)
  4. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Sprinkle the top of the dough generously with flour and gently fold the dough over on itself 5 or 6 times, adding flour as needed.
  5. Press the dough flat until it is about 1/2-inch thick. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch circular cutter.
  6. Place the biscuits on baking sheet about 1-inch apart. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible; continue pressing to 1/2-inch thick and cutting more biscuits.
  7. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the biscuits have risen and are golden on top.

Gravy:

  1. While the biscuits bake, add the sausage to a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook until browned and no longer pink.
  2. Sprinkle 2 1/2 heaping tablespoons of flour over the sausage and stir to coat the meat. Cook for 1 minute for remove the raw flour taste.
  3. Stir in milk and cream, and cook the gravy over medium heat until bubbly and thick, stirring often. Season with salt and lots of pepper.

Assembly:

  1. Split a few biscuits in half and top with big spoonfuls of sausage gravy. Dig in!