Biscuits and Gravy

Stressful morning. Stressful mornings call for sodium and fat-laden breakfasts from the South. Computer was going wonky and we all needed a little something comforting.

Biscuits:
2 C flour
2 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp of butter
1/2 tsp of salt
3/4 C of milk

Gravy:
breakfast sausage
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp of butter
1.5 C of milk

 

For the biscuits, put flour, baking powder, and salt into your mixer and blend together (we're sifting the lazy man way). Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a baker.

 

Cut your butter into little cubes like this. I don't know why, but it seems right. Add to the flour mixture, cover and turn on. Then stream the milk slowly into it. Get floured up and knead the dough. It will be wet.

 

Then get out a cutter of some sort to make them round, like so. My silpat is stained because I put curry powder on my pumpkin seeds this year. Note to self: curry powder stains stuff. Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes.

 

Funny story: one day I decided to buy cookie cutters. Here was my thought process: "hmmm... cookies are generally round so... round cookie cutters make perfect sense. I'll use these all the time!" Yeah, I use these all of once a year. Also, the cookie theory pretty much works for sugar cookies and is boring for that application. Dumb-ass.

 

Cook the breakfast sausage in a large sauce pan.

 

Then set them aside when finished.

 

Add some butter to the sauce pan and then the flour. Heat for about a minute.

 

Add milk and whisk. When it is brought to a boil, it will thicken. I had to do it twice because I screwed it up the first time. You can season this with a little garlic powder, paprika, and oregano. Or not. DO add s+p though. Then add the sausage back in.

 

Split the biscuit (OMG, that's what she said) then ladle on the sausage gravy. Add a little black pepper to finish. Surprisingly, my son loved this. He usually gets upset when things aren't "regular."

For example: "What kind of sauce would you like on your spaghetti, son?"

"Regular sauce."  -- oy.