Skillet Biscuits with Sage Sausage Gravy
Homemade biscuits and gravy that’s easy to make and tastes so good.
How about a stick-to-your-ribs-good, comfort food breakfast that practically melts in your mouth with every bite?
Count me in for sure.
For a special breakfast or just because, these homemade skillet biscuits drenched in sage sausage gravy taste so good.
The sage in the breakfast sausage adds such a nice flavor and comfort food taste to the overall dish.
About this Recipe
The biscuits in this recipe are easy to make by rolling out the dough and cutting each biscuit with a round biscuit or cookie cutter (or rim of a round glass should work too).
For really quick homemade biscuits, use this biscuit recipe to make drop biscuits (no rolling, no cutting, just drop the biscuit dough by spoon on a buttered/greased cookie sheet or pizza pan and bake).
They’re easy to make and so good topped with butter and jam….and of course sage sausage gravy too.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Skillet Biscuits – flour, baking powder, butter, sugar, salt, milk, and egg and water (for the egg wash, optional)
Sage Sausage Gravy – sage pork sausage, butter, flour, milk, salt, pepper and paprika
Equipment – 8-inch iron skillet and 3-inch biscuit or cookie cutter
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
For the Biscuits:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Grease the skillet with butter and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl,
add flour,
baking powder,
sugar,
and salt.
Mix the dry ingredients together.
Next, cut the cold butter into small squares and set aside just for a moment.
To the bowl with the dry ingredients,
add milk,
and the butter.
Use a large sturdy fork, or pastry cutter to cut the butter into the other ingredients.
Continue to mix the ingredients with the fork until dough forms.
Sprinkle a light coating of flour on to a large cutting board and add the dough.
Knead the dough a few times until the texture becomes sturdy enough to roll.
Add a light coating of flour to a rolling pin and roll out the dough until it’s about 1-1/4 inches thick.
Using a 3-inch-wide biscuit or cookie cutter,
cut the dough into 2 large biscuits.
Then re-roll the remaining dough and cut into 2 more large biscuits.
Lay each biscuit in the greased skillet so that each biscuit is leaning against one another.
For the egg wash (this is used to add color and shine to the top of the biscuits; since the biscuits will be topped with gravy, using an egg wash is optional).
In a small bowl, add egg and cold water. Whisk together.
Brush the top of each biscuit with an even coat of egg wash.
Bake in a preheated oven (at 450 degrees F.) until the biscuits turn a light golden color (about 16 minutes).
For the Sage Sausage Gravy:
TIP – While the biscuits are baking make the gravy.
Heat a medium size skillet on medium heat.
Pinch off the sausage in pieces and add them to the pan (rather than adding one big hunk of sausage to the pan).
Use a heat resistant spatula to further break up the sausage in smaller pieces.
Stir the sausage as it cooks.
Continue to cook until the sausage browns and is thoroughly cooked (about 15 minutes).
Turn the heat off and transfer the sausage to a paper-lined plate to absorb any excess grease.
Set aside for a moment.
Turn the heat back on to medium heat and use the same pan.
Add butter and…
…stir.
Add flour and…
stir.
Continue to stir until the flour mixes in with the butter.
Slowly stir in the milk.
Stir together. Add salt and pepper.
Continue stirring until the gravy starts to thicken.
TIP – If the gravy becomes too thick, stir in a little more milk.
Then set aside 1/4 cup of the cooked sausage (for garnish) and add the rest of the sausage back in the pan with the gravy.
Whisk together and do a quick taste test.
Add more salt and, or pepper if needed.
…serve warm over warm biscuits.
Garnish each gravy-topped-biscuit with the remaining pieces of cooked sausage and two pinches of paprika.
Top with butter if desired.
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Skillet Biscuits with Sage Sausage Gravy
Ingredients
For the Biscuits:
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup butter, chilled and cut into small cubes (for the dough)
- 1 teaspoon butter (for greasing the skillet)
- 1 egg, beaten (for the egg wash, optional)
- 2 teaspoons cold water (for the egg was, optional)
- 8-inch iron skillet
- 3-inch biscuit or cookie cutter
For the Sage Sausage Gravy:
- 1 pound sage pork sausage
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour (heaping)
- 2 cups milk
- 3 dashes salt or to taste
- 3 dashes ground black pepper
For Garnish:
- 1/4 cup cooked sage pork sausage (reserved when cooking the sausage for the gravy)
- 8 pinches paprika
Instructions
For the Biscuits:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Grease the skillet with butter and set aside.
- To a large bowl, add the flour, baking powder, salt, milk, sugar, and chilled small cubes of butter. With a pastry cutter or a large sturdy fork, cut the butter into the ingredients. Continue to mix the ingredients together with a fork until dough forms.
- Sprinkle a light coating of flour on to a large cutting board and add the dough. Knead the dough a few times until the texture becomes sturdy enough to roll. Add a light coating of flour to a rolling pin and roll out the dough until it’s about 1-1/4 inches thick.
- Using a 3-inch wide biscuit or cookie cutter, cut the dough into 2 large biscuits. Then re-roll the remaining dough and cut into 2 more large biscuits. Lay each biscuit in the greased skillet so that each biscuit is leaning against one another.
- For the egg wash - (this is used to add color and shine to the top of the biscuits; since the biscuits will be topped with gravy, using an egg wash is optional). In a small bowl, add egg and cold water. Whisk together. Brush the top of each biscuit with an even coat of egg wash.
- Bake in a preheated oven (at 450 degrees F.) until the biscuits turn a light golden color (about 16 minutes). Remove the biscuits from the oven and serve while warm, topped with sage sausage gravy.
For the Sage Sausage Gravy:
- While the biscuits are baking, heat a medium size skillet on medium heat. Pinch off the sausage in pieces and add them to the pan (rather than adding one big hunk of sausage to the pan).
- Use a heat resistant spatula to further break up the sausage in small pieces. Stir the sausage as it cooks. Continue to cook until the sausage browns and is thoroughly cooked (about 15 minutes).
- Turn the heat off and transfer the sausage to a paper-lined plate to absorb any excess grease. Set aside for a moment.
- Turn the heat back on to medium heat and use the same pan. Add butter and stir. Add flour and stir. Continue to stir until the flour mixes in with the butter.
- Slowly whisk in the milk. Whisk together. Add salt and pepper. Continue whisking until the gravy starts to thicken (if the gravy becomes too thick, stir in a little more milk).
- Then set aside 1/4 cup of the cooked sausage (for garnish) and add the rest of the sausage back in the pan with the gravy. Whisk together and do a quick taste test. Add more salt and, or pepper if needed.
For Serving:
- Garnish each gravy-topped-biscuit with the remaining pieces of sage sausage and two pinches of paprika. Top with butter if desired.Serve the gravy warm with warm biscuits.
Notes
TIPS:
- Make the sage sausage gravy while the biscuits are baking.
- When making the gravy, if it's a too thick, whisk in a little more milk at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
Breakfast for Dinner Recipes
Serve these sausage biscuits for breakfast, brunch or even dinner (here are more “Breakfast for Dinner” recipe ideas).
Recipes Made with Sage Sausage
Here are more recipes made with sage sausage that you may like “Crispy Breakfast Quesadillas“, “Breakfast Burrito Pitas” and “Sage Sausage Stuffing (Dressing)” (I make this stuffing every Thanksgiving and it’s always a hit).
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I made this not having all of the ingredients, but it worked out well. I can’t wait to see how delicious it is when I have all of the ingredients!
Here’s what I did:
I did not have milk, so used water instead in the gravy. Because of this, the gravy does not come out as thick, so I added a corn starch slurry toward the end of simmering the gravy.
I did not brush the tops – it didn’t have that shiny top but was still good.
I used a regular 1 lb. breakfast sausage log, added fresh roughly chopped sage halfway through browning. Added more fresh sage (and black pepper) in the simmering gravy until it tasted good enough to me.
Hi Megan, your adjustments sound like a great option when some of the ingredients for this recipe aren’t available. Thank you so much for letting me know and for your great rating!