Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

Sometimes, you just need a classic breakfast.

My biscuits with homemade sausage country gravy are amazing. Fluffy, buttery biscuits are covered with thick peppery gravy loaded with sausage. 

And the best thing about this recipe? It's fat free...

(I'm going to hell for lying...)

For the Biscuits:

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/3 cup unsalted butter, very cold and cut into pieces

1 cup cold milk

1 Tablespoon melted butter

For the Gravy:

1 pound breakfast sausage, ground or links

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

2 cups heavy cream

2 cups milk

1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt

2 teaspoons freshly ground pepper 

Start by making your biscuits: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In the bowl of your food processor combine the flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder, pulse to combine. Add in the butter and pulse until crumbs the size of peas form. Slowly add the milk with the machine running and mix just until a dough forms. Remove dough on to a floured surface and pound out into a rectangle. Cut 6-8 biscuits out and place into a cast iron skillet greased with cooking spray or melted butter. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes until puffed and golden, during the last 2 minutes, brush the biscuits with melted butter. When biscuits are finished, remove and set aside to cool slightly while you make the gravy.

In a large pan cook your sausage until cooked through. Remove the sausage, keeping the drippings in the pan. Add in the 1/3 cup of flour and whisk, it will be very dry and thick. Cook for 1 minute until fragrant. Stir in cream and milk, whisking over medium heat until it starts to boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and season with salt and pepper. Stir until thickened, around 5 minutes. Add the sausage back to the pan.

Place desired amount of biscuits on a plate...

...and slather with gravy...

Now shovel in your mouth and enjoy. Fluffy biscuits and peppery gravy goodness... Yum!