Mama’s Homemade Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Prep Time: 30-40 min. | Cooking Time: 50-60 min. | Total Time: 1 hr. 20-30 min. | Servings: 10-12 servings
When you get a “hankering” for comfort food, there is hardly anything better than my mom’s homemade biscuits and sausage gravy. Enjoy anytime!
Ingredients:
4 cups Self-Rising Flour
3 tbsp. Sugar
1 heaping tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Kosher Salt
1 lb. (4 sticks) Salted Butter *, frozen & grated
Extra softened Butter to butter baking pan
2-1/4 cups cold Heavy Cream, Half & Half or milk
½ cup cold Buttermilk
Ingredients for Sausage Gravy:
2 lbs. Breakfast Sausage
1/2 Stick of Salted Butter or 4 tbsp. Bacon Grease
4 tbsp. Flour
4 cups Whole Milk
Salt and Pepper to taste, heavy on the Black Pepper recommended
Spices, seasonings or shredded cheeses to your liking
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325°F and prepare a 9″x13″ metal baking pan by generously buttering it. Set aside.
Directions for Biscuits:
Add dry ingredients of flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and whatever herbs or spices you desire, if any, to a big bowl and whisk together until mixed well.
Add half of grated butter to dry ingredients and gently toss with hands. Add remaining butter and toss with hands. Using a Pastry Cutter or fork or your fingers, cut the flour and butter together until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs or small peas. Slowly add Heavy Cream while gently mixing. Slowly add Buttermilk while gently mixing. Stir this together until it just barely comes together.
Drop in the biscuit mix and spread it out; do not flatten. Make sure the top is really craggy, like cobblestones. Using a floured bench scraper, cut in 12 square biscuits.
Place pan in a preheated 325°F oven for 50 minutes, until top is golden brown.
Directions for Sausage Gravy (Taste it as you go):
In a cast-iron skillet over medium heat, brown the sausage for 6-8 minutes, until browned. Remove from skillet, keep as much grease in pan as you can. Add butter or bacon grease, melt, add flour and whisk for 5-7 minutes to make a roux. Slowly add the 4 cups of Whole Milk while whisking. Gravy will thicken and you can season as you wish. Add sausage back to skillet, taste it, adjust salt, pepper and seasonings as needed.
Cut a biscuit in half, cover in sausage gravy and enjoy!
Notes: If you use salted butter, the above amount of Kosher salt should be plenty. I use unsalted butter and adjust the salt to add a bit more at times. Remember to taste as you go while you’re putting this recipe together. Everything should be flavored to your taste.
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