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Biscuits and Gravy

Homemade fluffy biscuits with seasoned sausage gravy ladled on top. The ultimate comfort food!
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Course Breakfast

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb breakfast sausage
  • 1/4 c flour
  • 1 1/2 c 2% milk
  • 1 1/2 c half and half
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt

Biscuits

  • 2 1/2 c flour
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 c salted butter (1 stick) cold, cubed
  • 1 c buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp buttermilk for brushing on top of biscuits
  • 2 tsp honey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Add flour, baking powder and salt to a food processor. Pulse to mix the dry ingredients together.
  • Add cold cubed butter (I put mine in the freezer after cubing for a few minutes)
  • Pulse until the butter is incorporated into the dry ingredients and is the size of peas.
  • Pour the flour butter mixture into a mixing bowl and create a well in the middle with your hand.
  • Pour in cold buttermilk followed by the honey.
  • Using a spatula, fold the mixture together. It will be shaggy.
  • Pour onto a floured surface and work together with your hands. It will be shaggy and separated but will come together the more you work it. Continue kneading until it mostly holds together.
  • flatten to a 3/4 inch thick rectangle then fold one side of the dough in on itself followed by the other side, like a three fold letter. Turn the dough and gently press until it's a flat rectangle again. Fold one side to the middle again followed by the other, just as if you're folding a letter to go in an envelope. Do this two more times for a total of four rounds of foling the dough in on itself.
  • Flatten back to a 3/4 inch rectangle and cut the dough into 8 equal size biscuits.
  • Place biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet touching each other. They rise higher if they're touching.
  • Brush the tops with buttermilk and bake for 15-20 minutes until they've risen high and are golden brown on top.
  • While the biscuits bake make the gravy by breaking up sausage in a skillet over medium heat. Caramelize the meat.
  • Add flour, stir and cook for 4 minutes.
  • Add milk and half and half to the pan. Scrape up the brown bit from the bottom of the pan. Turn heat up to high.
  • Add the seasoning and continue stirring until the gravy thickens.
  • Reduce the heat once it's reached your desired thickness.
  • Slice biscuits and ladle over the gravy.
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