Biscuits and Gravy

Baking Powder Biscuits

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2 cups AP flour

2 ½ teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

Whisk above ingredients together.

Then add:

6 Tablespoons cold butter cut into small pieces

Using two forks, quickly cut in butter until the mixtures resembles small breadcrumbs.

Then add:

¾ cup milk

Mix with rubber spatula until flour is moistened and just blended. Do not over mix.

Gather the dough not a ball and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Gently knead four or five times and then roll out the dough to ½ “thick.

Cut biscuits with a biscuit cutter or a glass.

Place one inch apart on a baking sheet.

Melt 1 Tablespoons butter.

Bruch melted butter on the top of the biscuits.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden on top.

Sausage Gravy

1 lb. loose breakfast sausage

¼ cup flour

2 ½ cups milk

Salt and pepper to taste

Fresh sage for garnish

In a skillet, cook sausage until browned on the outside and no longer pink in the middle. Remove from skillet and set aside.

Over low heat stir flour into the sausage drippings creating a roux. Gradually add milk; cook until mixture comes to a boil and thickens, stirring constantly. Add sausage back in, reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with a couple of leaves of fresh chopped sage.