This biscuits and gravy recipe is a classic comfort food breakfast recipe made with a thick sausage gravy served over flaky buttery biscuits.
Biscuits and gravy is a classic breakfast recipe made with simple ingredients for a hearty, filling meal. We love making our homemade biscuits and gravy for a filling breakfast on the weekend. Our 3-ingredient sausage gravy is perfectly paired with flaky, buttery, homemade biscuits for the perfect comfort food meal.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Classic Comfort Food
- Easy Breakfast Recipe
- Crowd-Pleaser
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Biscuits - We love making our homemade biscuits to serve with this recipe. Made with simple ingredients, our homemade biscuits are the perfect addition to this comfort meal.
- Breakfast sausage - We recommend using a breakfast sausage like a pork sausage for this recipe.
- Flour - Flour helps thicken the sausage gravy to make it thick and creamy.
- Milk - Milk makes for a delicious, thick and creamy sausage gravy that melts into the biscuits.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Mixing Bowl - A mixing bowl is necessary to mix the biscuit dough together
- Pastry Blender - A pastry blender helps cut the butter into the flour when making the biscuits.
- Rolling Pin - A rolling pin helps roll out the biscuit dough
- Biscuit Cutter - We recommend using a large biscuit cutter for this recipe, but any size works perfectly.
- Sheet Pan - A sheet pan is necessary to bake the biscuits on.
- Cast Iron Skillet - A cast iron skillet is perfect for making the gravy in.
How to Make Biscuits & Gravy
Step 1. Make the biscuit dough.
Step 2. Roll out the dough then cut the dough into circles.
Step 3. Bake the biscuits.
Step 4. Brown the breakfast sausage.
Step 5. Mix the flour into the sausage.
Step 6. Add the milk and allow the gravy to thicken before serving over the biscuits.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
This recipe makes 8 large biscuits and a skillet full of gravy that can serve 4 people. We like to serve this dish by splitting the biscuits in half and serving the sausage gravy over the warm biscuits. We also recommend topping the dish with salt and pepper to taste.
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Expert Tips & Variations
- Use cold butter. Cold butter is essential for biscuit dough. The cold butter in the dough melts while baking to create flaky layers.
- Chill the dough. If you have time, chill the dough for 10 minutes before baking. This will help create even flakier biscuits. You can skip this step if pressed for time, but the biscuits may not be as flaky as they could be.
- Slowly add the milk to the gravy. When making the gravy, you want to slowly add milk to the skillet and stir the milk in before adding more. This allows the gravy to thicken properly creating a creamy, thick gravy.
How to Store Biscuits and Gravy
- Refrigerator - store the gravy in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
- Freezer - We recommend storing the biscuits in an airtight container or bag in the freezer to keep them from drying out. Store the gravy in a freezer-safe container for up to a month.
Recipe FAQ
Yes, you can follow our gluten-free biscuits and gravy recipe!
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Biscuits and Gravy
This biscuits and gravy recipe is a classic comfort food breakfast recipe made with a thick sausage gravy served over flaky buttery biscuits.
Ingredients
Biscuits
- 2.5 cups unbleached flour
- 2 Tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 Tablespoons cold butter, cubed
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons honey
Gravy
- 1 pound breakfast sausage
- ¼ cup unbleached flour
- 3 cups milk
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Start by making the biscuits.
- Combine 1 cup milk and 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar in a bowl.
- In a separate mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk to combine.
- Cut a cold stick of butter into cubes and add the cold cubed butter to the mixing bowl with the flour in it.
- Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour.
- Pour the milk mixed with apple cider vinegar and honey into the bowl.
- Use a spoon or dough hook to mix everything together until the dough sticks together to form a ball.
- Cover the bowl and place the dough in the fridge to chill for 5-10 minutes.
- After the dough chills, transfer it to a floured work surface.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out into a large in-inch thick rectangle.
- Create the biscuit layers by folding the dough. Fold one side of the rectangle of dough into the center followed by the other side like a trifold. Then fold one more time to create a square of dough.
- Use your hand to gently press the dough down to slightly flatten.
- Repeat the process of rolling the dough out and folding it up a total of 3 times to create the biscuit layers.
- Roll the dough out into a rectangle that is about ½-inch thick.
- Use a biscuit cutter to cut the dough into 8 circles.
- Place the biscuits onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
- Place the pan in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees.
- While the biscuits bake, make the gravy.
- Add the breakfast sausage to the cast iron skillet on medium heat.
- Brown the breakfast sausage.
- Mix ¼ cup flour into the browned sausage.
- Slowly add the 3 cups milk to the sausage, mixing to combine.
- Allow the gravy to come to a slight boil then turn the heat off and allow the gravy to thicken.
- Remove the biscuits from the oven when the tops are slightly golden brown.
- Break the biscuits in half and pour the gravy over the biscuits to serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1043Total Fat: 60gSaturated Fat: 28gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 28gCholesterol: 178mgSodium: 2556mgCarbohydrates: 90gFiber: 2gSugar: 23gProtein: 38g
