You’ve never had biscuits and gravy like this! This Down-Home Breakfast Bake starts with a layer of golden-brown, flaky, buttery biscuits and then dives into a creamy, savory, meaty gravy that’s loaded with sausage. And below that? Even more biscuits! That’s right, Down-Home Breakfast Bake nestles the buttery goodness right in the gravy! Grab your forks and dig in!
Ingredients
- 1 (8-ounce) can large, flaky biscuits
- 1/2 pound ground breakfast sausage
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 1/2 cups milk, plus more, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, plus more, to taste
Directions
Step 1 –Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2 –Prepare a small casserole dish with cooking spray and set it aside.
Step 3 –Cut each biscuit into quarters.
Step 4 –Layer 1/2 of the biscuit pieces in the prepared pan.
Step 5 –Bake the biscuits until they just start to turn golden, about 10 minutes.
Step 6 –Heat a heavy skillet over medium-high heat and add the breakfast sausage.
Step 7 –Brown the sausage until fully-cooked, about 5-7 minutes.
Step 8 –Sprinkle the cooked sausage with the flour.
Step 9 –Stir the flour into the sausage until completely absorbed, about 1-2 minutes.
Step 10 –Lower the heat to medium and stir the sausage-flour mixture frequently, about 3-5 minutes.
Step 11 –Add 2 1/2 cups of the milk and stir to combine.
Step 12 –Season with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the pepper.
Step 13 –Continue to stir until the mixture comes to a slight boil.
Step 14 –Taste and adjust with more of the salt and more of the pepper as needed.
Step 15 –Add more of the milk if the gravy is too thick.
Step 16 –Pour the gravy over the cooked biscuits in the casserole dish.
Step 17 –Layer the remaining uncooked biscuit pieces over the gravy.
Step 18 –Place the casserole dish on a baking sheet and bake until the top is golden-brown and cooked through, about 20-25 minutes.
Step 19 –Serve.
