Comfort Southern Breakfast: How to Make Sausage Gravy and Biscuits!

In this video, I’ll show you how to make sausage gravy and biscuits from scratch, the perfect recipe for a classic comfort southern breakfast. This homemade dish delivers rich, creamy sausage gravy over warm, fluffy biscuits swimming in butter. Follow along as I share step-by-step instructions on how to create this Southern favorite, one of the most delicious recipes that’s sure to become a family tradition.

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What ingredients do I need to make homemade sausage gravy?

-one pound sausage
-5 tablespoons butter
-7 tablespoons all-purpose flour
-2 cups 2% or whole milk
-1 tsp. Salt (to taste)
-1 ½ tsp. Pepper (to taste)

Hopefully you have everything on hand that you need. You will need one pound of sausage. You will be browning that first. For the roux, which is the thickening agent for the gravy, you will need five tablespoons of butter and seven tablespoons of all-purpose flour. You melt the butter over medium heat and whisk in the flour to make the roux. I like to use 2% or whole milk to finish off the gravy. Slowly add in the two cups of milk and give it time to let it thicken with the roux. Add a teaspoon of salt and 1 ½ teaspoons of pepper. I think pepper makes it!

What steps do I take to make homemade sausage gravy?

Homemade sausage gravy takes around twenty-five minutes to make. I like to mix up my biscuits and put them in the oven and then make my gravy while the biscuits are baking.
-Put one pound of ground sausage in a standard saucepan and brown the sausage over medium heat. You do not need to preheat the pan before adding the sausage.
-Pour the browned sausage into a separate heat safe bowl. You are just storing it in there while you mix up the roux and make the gravy.
-You can leave bits of sausage and some grease in the pan. If there is a significant amount of grease, you will want to measure it as part of your five tablespoons of butter. It will depend on the sausage. I don’t usually have to drain off or measure in the remaining grease.
-Put five tablespoons of butter into the same pan that you browned the sausage in. You do not need to clean the pan first. Melt the butter over medium heat.
-Add in seven tablespoons of flour and mix it into the melted butter with a whisk. It will be bubbly and thick within a minute to two.
-SLOWLY pour two cups of 2% or whole milk into the butter and flour mixture. Whisk it in as you pour the milk into the butter and flour mixture. You want this to happen slowly so that the roux can interact with the milk and start thickening it.
-Continue to stir the gravy until it thickens to your liking. This will take around five minutes or so.
-Stir in one teaspoon of salt and one and one half teaspoons of pepper. Add more to taste.
-Mix in the browned sausage and you are ready to go!

What steps do I take to make these buttery homemade biscuits from scratch?
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Spray an 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
Melt ½ cup butter and pour it into the greased baking dish.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix together 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 ½ tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon baking powder and 1 ½ teaspoons salt.
Mix in 1 ¾ cups buttermilk. Don’t worry if you don’t have buttermilk. You can make your own by making 1 ½ teaspoons of vinegar to 1 ¾ cup milk and letting it sit for 5 minutes.
Stir until a nice batter forms. Make sure all dry ingredients are mixed in well.
Pour the batter directly on top of the butter and then take your spoon to spread it around. A lot of butter will be on the sides and over the top.
Take a butter knife and cut the batter into 9 squares. It seems weird to cut batter, but do your best. It will help with cutting them after they are baked.
Bake for 25-30 minutes. Keep an eye on them. The tops will be golden brown.

What ingredients will I need to make these buttery homemade biscuits from scratch?

You may already have some of these ingredients in your kitchen. This recipe fits perfectly in an 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish. I have a glass one that I use for these biscuits. You will also need to get 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 ½ tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon baking powder and 1 ½ teaspoons salt. I don’t usually have buttermilk on hand, but I do have vinegar and milk. If you have these two ingredients you can make buttermilk.