Legit Biscuits and Gravy
Biscuits
4 – cups flour
6 – tbs. butter
2 – tbs. bacon fat
2 – cups whole milk
2.5 – tbs. baking powder
.5 – tsp. baking soda
1 – tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Cut butter and bacon fat into the dry mixture. Stir in milk, form into a sticky dough and fold seven or eight times. Roll out onto floured surface until 1 inch thick and cut into rounds. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden.
Gravy
16 – oz breakfast sausage
1 – stick butter
Flour
Whole Milk
Spices (garlic powder, salt, black pepper, paprika)
Cook sausage in a 14 inch cast iron skillet. Once cooked, remove sausage from skillet and add butter. Add enough flour to make a roux and cook until golden brown in color. Whisk in milk gradually until desired consistency is achieved. Add sausage and season to taste. Enjoy.
– Bassman
