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Homemade Biscuits and Gravy Recipe

Want that perfect breakfast made from scratch? Then I have you covered with this easy and tasty Homemade Biscuits and Gravy Recipe. This will become your new favorite breakfast recipe!
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 652kcal

Ingredients

Biscuits:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup cold butter cut into small pieces
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 2 tsp milk

Sausage Gravy:

  • 1 pound ground pork breakfast sausage
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp fresh black pepper or more to taste
  • 3 cups whole milk

Instructions

Biscuits:

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  • In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add the butter and with a pastry blender or your fingers, mix the butter into the dry ingredients until it is crumbly and the largest pieces of butter are no bigger than the size of peas.
  • Add the shredded cheese and mix, then mix in the buttermilk. Mix just until combined.
  • Turn out onto a floured surface, or a large piece of parchment.
  • Press the dough out until it is about 1/2 inch thick, then fold into thirds and press out again to ½ inch thick.
  • Cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter and place on a parchment lined baking sheet so the edges are just touching.
  • Gather up any remaining dough and repeat the process of pressing, folding and cutting until no dough remains.
  • Whisk together the egg and 2 tsp milk and brush over biscuit tops.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes until risen and golden, remove to a cooling rack to make your gravy.

Sausage Gravy:

  • In a large skillet over medium-high heat add the sausage and break it up into crumbles. I like to keep the sausage in larger crumbles, but you can chop it up as fine as you want. Brown the sausage well and cook it until there is no pink left, stirring occasionally.
  • Add the flour to the pan and toss it in the sausage to coat in the sausage fat.
  • Add the garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper, cook for about 30 seconds until fragrant, stirring constantly.
  • Slowly stream in the whole milk while stirring it in constantly. Sometimes I like to add a little milk, stir it in completely, then add a little more, repeating this process until all the milk is poured in, this helps to make sure there are no lumps.
  • Cook, stirring occasionally until the mixture simmers, simmer for about 2-3 minutes until thickened. Keep in mind that the gravy will thicken as it cools. Taste, add more pepper if desired, also add a little salt in if you think it needs it. Sometimes the sausage can be on the saltier side so I wait to taste before adding any in.
  • Serve immediately over your biscuits.

Notes

  1. Make sure you use breakfast pork sausage and not regular pork sausage.
  2. You can use any kind of breakfast pork sausage you like, milk, regular, flavored, it is up to you and your flavor preference.
  3. Some people like to spice their gravy up, you can add some red pepper flakes if you want a more spicier gravy.
  4. Add more salt and pepper as needed, we just taste as we go.
  5. The sausage gravy can be frozen, see my tips above.
  6. If you want to use canned biscuits you can.
  7. This recipe is easy able to be doubled, so if you have a large family you can double it or double and store for later consumption.

Nutrition

Calories: 652kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 139mg | Sodium: 1009mg | Potassium: 649mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 836IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 283mg | Iron: 3mg