Fluffy biscuits and sausage gravy
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Recipe type: Breakfast
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Serves: 6
 
Soft, fluffy biscuits smothered in sausage gravy? Yes please! These drop biscuits with melted butter couldn't be easier, and the gravy comes together while they bake. Skip the lines at the trendy brunch place and satisfy your cravings at home.
Ingredients
  • BISCUITS:
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1 T. sugar
  • 2½ t. baking powder
  • 1 t. salt
  • ¼ t. baking soda
  • ½ c. butter, cold
  • 1 c. buttermilk
  • GRAVY:
  • ½ lb. good breakfast sausage, bought in bulk or casings removed
  • 2 T. reserved sausage drippings, supplement with butter if needed to reach 2 T.
  • 3 T. flour
  • 1 ½ c. milk
  • ½ t. pepper
  • ½ t. dried thyme
  • ¼ t. cayenne
  • ¼ t. salt
Instructions
  1. Make the biscuits: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
  2. Stir together the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk and butter. The cold buttermilk will cool some of the butter into small clumps—this is a good thing.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently stir together with a rubber spatula until just combined. Spoon the dough by about ¼-cupfuls onto a baking sheet (you should get 12).
  5. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until deep golden on the bottom and lightly golden on the top.
  6. Make the gravy: Cook the sausage over medium heat until no pink remains, breaking it up into small pieces as it cooks, about 10 minutes. Strain the sausage, leaving the fat in the pan and setting the cooked sausage aside.
  7. Supplement the sausage drippings with butter if needed to reach 2 tablespoons total fat. Melt the butter, then add the flour and stir well to make a paste. Turn heat down to low and cook until the paste browns slightly, about 4 minutes. Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly. Turn the heat up to medium and cook, continuing to whisk constantly, until it just starts to bubble. Remove from the heat, stir in the sausage, and add the pepper, thyme, cayenne, and salt. Taste and adjust seasonings.
  8. Assemble the biscuits and gravy: Split a biscuit in half and top with a generous spoonful of gravy. Throw an egg or two on top if you’re feeling fancy, or just dig in!
Recipe by f-chem 101 at http://www.fchem101.myerspdx.net/2015/04/fluffy-biscuits-and-sausage-gravy/