Description
A classic Southern comfort breakfast featuring golden, flaky buttermilk biscuits topped with rich, creamy sausage gravy. This hearty dish is perfect for brunch or a cozy morning meal, ready in under an hour.
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cubed
3/4 cup cold buttermilk (plus extra for brushing)
1 pound breakfast sausage (pork or plant-based)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 cups whole milk
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper (or to taste)
Salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Cut in the cold butter using a pastry cutter or fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Pour in the cold buttermilk and stir just until a shaggy dough forms.
- On a lightly floured surface, pat the dough into a rectangle, fold it in thirds, and repeat this process twice.
- Pat the dough to about 1-inch thickness, then cut out rounds with a biscuit cutter and place them close together on the baking sheet.
- Brush the tops with buttermilk and bake for 12–15 minutes, or until golden brown.
- While the biscuits bake, brown the sausage in a large skillet over medium heat, breaking it apart as it cooks.
- Sprinkle the flour over the cooked sausage and stir for 1–2 minutes to cook off the raw flour taste.
- Gradually whisk in the milk and stir continuously until the gravy thickens, about 5–7 minutes.
- Season with garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and salt to taste, and let simmer for 2 more minutes.
- Split the hot biscuits and serve smothered in generous spoonfuls of sausage gravy.
Notes
Use cold butter and buttermilk for fluffier biscuits.
Don’t overmix the biscuit dough to avoid tough biscuits.
Freeze biscuit dough rounds ahead of time and bake from frozen.
Add a splash of milk when reheating gravy to restore creaminess.
Substitute pork sausage with plant-based for a vegetarian version.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking, Stovetop
- Cuisine: Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 410
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 750mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 14g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
