Homemade Biscuits & Gravy
If you've ever wanted to learn How to Make Homemade Biscuits and Gravy, this easy-to-follow recipe is for you. The biscuits turn out flaky and delicious, and the pork sausage gravy drizzled over the top makes for some of the best comfort food you'll ever have. Read on for the full recipe.
Ingredients
For the biscuits you'll need:
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 tbsp. Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp. Baking Soda
- 1 ¼ tsp. Salt
- 6 tbsp. Chilled Butter (Cut into small pieces)
- 1 cup Cold Buttermilk
For gravy you will need:
- 1 lb. Pork Sausage
- ⅓ cup All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp. Butter
- 2 cups Whole milk
- Salt To taste
- Pepper To taste
- Olive Oil For frying
Instructions
For the biscuits:
- Combine all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter or fork until pieces of butter are broken down. (Avoid using bare hands because because butter should remain cold.)
- Add in buttermilk and combine with spatula just until it forms a shaggy dough.
- Sprinkle plenty of flour onto flat surface and place dough on top, and with hands form it into a flat mass. Knead by folding dough in half, flattening, and folding in half again.
- Then with rolling pin, roll out dough to about 1/2" thick. Use biscuit cutter to cut individual biscuits.
- Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 425º for 12-14 minutes.
For gravy:
- Coat bottom of large saucepan with approx. 2 tbsp. olive oil and heat on stove over medium high heat.
- Fry pork sausage in saucepan until sausage is broken into small pieces and it is fully cooked.
- Add butter and allow it to melt.
- Sprinkle flour over sausage and continue to cook for a few minutes until the sausage soaks up all the flour.
- Slowly add in half of the milk and immediately and consistently mix until milk starts to thicken.
- Add in remaining milk and continue mixing.
- When gravy thickens to desired consistency, add salt and plenty of cracked black pepper.
- Pour of freshly baked biscuits and enjoy!
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Notes
[*Substitution for buttermilk: add 1 tbsp. white vinegar OR 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice to every 1 cup of whole milk. Stir and let stand for 5-10 mins.]
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