Biscuits and Gravy

What you’ll need:

For the biscuits:

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon sugar

1/3 cup cold butter, grated

3/4 cup milk, plus 1-2 tablespoons only as needed

(Original recipe adapted from and with thanks to AllRecipes)

For the Gravy:

1 lb Breakfast Sausage

1/3 Cup of Flour

Approximately 2 Cups of Milk

(This gravy is a family recipe!)

Instructions for biscuits:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.  Grate the butter into the bowl with the dry ingredients.

Use a fork to cut in the cold butter pieces until the mixture has little pea size lumps throughout.

Gradually stir in milk. Add just enough milk until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. It should still look a bit dry.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. I like to use a silicone mat that has been lightly floured because I have tiled countertops. Knead just a few times by folding the dough over onto itself.

Flatten the dough out til about 1 inch thick. Cut into circles. (Use a cup if you don’t have a cutter). Repeat until all the dough is used. Press any remaining pieces together and cut biscuits again. This should make 8-10 biscuits!

Place the biscuits on a baking sheet or in a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 14-16 minutes in the preheated oven.

Instructions for gravy:

Brown your sausage in a cast iron skillet, do not drain the grease.

Remove from heat and add in 1/3 of a cup of flour to coat the meat and soak up the grease.

The move your sausage to the edge of the pan so there is a hole in the middle. Fill that hole with 1 cup of milk and start stirring your sausage back to the middle. Stir gradually and return it to low heat. As it thickens, add more milk gradually until it is the thickness you want your gravy to be! I say it takes about 2 cups total.

Then enjoy!!