Biscuits and gravy is not a health food recipe, but it’s really delicious. I’ve tried making flaky biscuits healthier in the past, but the texture really suffers. If you wanted to be a little healthier, you could eat the sausage gravy on toast instead. It is very good if you don’t feel like making biscuits.
The Biscuits
Preheat the oven to 450. Mix all together in a bowl or food processor:
3 c. flour
4 t. baking powder
1 T. sugar
1 t. salt
Cut in until you have little crumbles (pulse on the food processor):
3/4 c. butter, cold and cut up small
Make a well, and add
1 c. milk
Stir until well-mixed. (This doesn’t take long with the food processor.)
Roll out the dough on a lightly-floured surface and fold it into thirds. Roll it out flat again. Fold it into thirds again and roll out to 1 inch thick. Cut into circles with a biscuit cutter (or a cup if you’re like me and don’t have a biscuit cutter!) Reroll and cut until you run out of dough. Or, just cut squares and avoid rerolling at all.
Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes or until golden. I like to make small biscuits, so I get 16 of them.
The Gravy
While the biscuits are baking, make the gravy. Cook until browned:
1 lb. ground sausage
While the sausage is browning, whisk together gradually in a bowl:
1/4 c. flour
3 c. milk
Stir the mixture into the cooked sausage until it thickens. Add salt and pepper to taste. I like lots of pepper! Serve over biscuits.
Not in the mood for biscuits and gravy? Try some other muffin or quick bread recipes here.
Flaky Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Equipment
- food processor optional, but really nice
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter cold
- 1 cup milk
- 1 pound ground breakfast sausage
- 1/4 cup flour
- 3 cups milk
Instructions
Flaky Biscuits
- Preheat the oven to 450.
- Add the dry ingredients to a food processor or bowl and pulse/stir a few times to mix.3 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt
- Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the food processor. Pulse until you have small crumbs. Or, use a pastry cutter.3/4 cup butter
- Add the milk and mix until just combined.1 cup milk
- Roll the dough onto a lightly floured counter into a large rectangle. Fold it over into thirds, roll it flat, then repeat. Stop rolling when the dough is about 1 inch thick.
- Cut the dough into 16 biscuits. I just do squares because it's easy and there's no rerolling. They aren't as pretty, but they taste just the same.
- Place the biscuits on a baking sheet and bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes, or until they're golden.
Sausage Gravy
- Brown the sausage in a medium to large pot.1 pound ground breakfast sausage
- In a separate bowl, whisk the flour and a small amount of milk together. Then, add the rest of the milk and whisk till smooth.1/4 cup flour, 3 cups milk
- Add the flour and milk to the sausage and heat through till the gravy thickens. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve the gravy on top of the biscuits.