Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons butter, cold
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 pound pork sausage
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/3 cup flour
- 3 1/4 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl. Cut butter into chunks and cut butter and shortening into the flour mixture until it is a course crumble.
- Add buttermilk and mix just until combined. You don't want to over-mix. It will be very wet at this point.
- Turn dough onto a floured cutting board or clean counter. Using floured hands, gently pat down dough until it's about 1/2 inch thick (don't use a rolling pin).
- Fold dough in half and gently press down about 4-5 times, adding a little bit of flour if needed. Pat down to about 1 inch thickness.
- Using a round biscuit cutter or the top of a glass, cut biscuits and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. You can shape the leftover dough into additional biscuits, but be sure not to over-handle the dough.
- Biscuits can be placed next to each other on the cookie sheet for softer sides or separated for crustier sides.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Brown sausage in a medium skillet and drain, reserving pan drippings in pan. Set sausage aside.
- Add butter to drippings and melt. Add flour and cook for about 1 minute, stirring.
- Gradually add milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until gravy thickens. Stir in salt, pepper, and sausage.
- Cook until heated through and desired thickness has been reached. Serve over hot biscuits.
Note: biscuits are not easy. Or at least they’re not intuitive if you didn’t grow up making them. Which I didn’t. I still need a little practice to get them perfect. Mainly, I learned NOT to use the rolling pin.
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These look so yummy–I should make them for breakfast tomorrow!
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My husband is a biscuits and gravy nut! Thanks for sharing on our #livingwithstyle link party – I may actually take a stab at this now. ;) Please join us again tomorrow!
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Yummy! These are a weekend staple in our house due to a hubby who was raised on Southern cooking :) Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope to see you again on Friday!
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I’ve never really tried Biscuits and Gravy, but it looks so comforting. I’m not a big fan of sausage, so I think maybe some mushrooms would work well in its place. That or some ground turkey.
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I’m a southern girl, and I’ve never actually made biscuits and gravy. (hangs head in shame) But we do love it so I aim to master it. :)
Oh, and I’m a mom of five, too. My oldest was born in ’92 and we’re planning her wedding, and my youngest was born in 2005. We wish we’d had more! ;)
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Lolli Reply:
July 3rd, 2015 at 9:31 am
My oldest was born is ’96 and my youngest in 2005, so our families are not too different! Congratulations on the upcoming wedding! Good luck mastering biscuits and gravy!
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Oh I bet that sausage gravy is delicious! Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at the Inspire Me Mondays Link-Up!
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This looks delicious! My family loves to order biscuits and gravy when we’re out for breakfast. Now I can try to make my own!
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I’m so not a gravy person but by husband is. He was astonished to discover that I grew up eating baked potatoes with just butter and salt ;)
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Lolli Reply:
June 27th, 2015 at 6:52 pm
Baked potatoes with gravy? I’ve never heard of doing that! Of course, I love mashed potatoes with gravy…
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Heidi Robbins Reply:
June 27th, 2015 at 9:16 pm
Hahaha! That’s what I meant! :)
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Lolli Reply:
June 27th, 2015 at 9:33 pm
LOL! Ok….that makes a little more sense. And in that case, I’ve eaten mashed potatoes both ways! :)
This looks like such a delicious recipe to make. I have been wanting to make Sausage and Biscuits for ages. I am going to make your awesome recipe. It looks fun to make.
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Haven’t had that in a long time. Yum.
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I have never tried this before. Thank you for the recipe!
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This looks delicious! My kids love biscuits and gravy but I am no good at making home made gravy so I don’t make it often. I will have to give this a try.
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I love this recipe. I live in the south, however, have never attempted to make this gravy. I think it’s time I give it a try :)
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