Homemade Biscuits with Sausage Gravy

5 from 1 vote

Homemade Biscuits and Sausage Gravy are comforting and homey. Learn how to make them homemade with fluffy biscuits and meaty gravy.

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Chilling Time15

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 841kcal

Before you begin making the biscuits, cut your butter up into cubes and place in the freezer for 15-30 minutes. This will help ensure that the butter stays super cold while making the biscuits and the biscuits come out light and flaky!
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
Add cold butter and cut into mixture with a pastry cutter. Work quickly until the mixture is coarse and crumbly.
Pour in cold milk and use a spatula to combine the mixture.
Once the mixture starts to come together, place on a floured surface and use hands to work the dough and form into a disk. You may have to add a little flour here if the dough is too sticky.
Gently fold the dough over itself 4-5 times, turning a bit each time. This creates "lamentation" and helps foster a flaky dough.
Press dough flat with your hands until it's about 1 inch thick. Use a biscuit cutter (or the mouth of a glass) to cut biscuits. A 2-inch diameter cutter will yield about 10 biscuits.
Place on a baking tray and bake for 10-12 minutes, until the tops are golden brown.

Heat a large skillet and add pork sausage. As the sausage browns, begin to break it up with a wooden spoon until it is in crumbles.
Once cooked through and crumbled, add flour and stir until pork is coated.
Cook for 1-2 minutes, so that the floury taste can dissipate.
Gradually whisk in milk and allow to thicken while stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes.
Season as desired with salt and pepper. I suggest lots of pepper!