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Buttermilk Drop Biscuits with Peppery Sausage Gravy

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  • Serves 4
  • Makes 8 biscuits and about 4 cups gravy
  • Prep 15 min
  • Cook 25 min
  • Breakfast
  • Main
  • Pork
  • Southern
  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Budget-friendly

Good for, as AI judged the whole recipe.

Ingredients

Servings4

For the biscuits

  • 2 cups

    all-purpose flour

  • 1 tbsp

    baking powder

  • 1/2 tsp

    baking soda

  • 1 tsp

    sugar

  • 1 tsp

    fine salt

  • 6 tbsp

    unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled

  • 1 1/4 cups

    cold buttermilk

For the gravy

  • 1 lb

    bulk breakfast sausage

  • 2 tbsp

    unsalted butter

  • 1/3 cup

    all-purpose flour

  • 3 1/2 cups

    whole milk

  • 1 1/2 tsp

    coarsely ground black pepper, plus more to taste

  • 1/4 tsp

    cayenne pepper (optional)

  • salt, to taste

Contains milk (unsalted butter, cold buttermilk, whole milk) and wheat (all-purpose flour).

Not checked: bulk breakfast sausage.

AI didn’t find a diet this fits, going by the ingredients (not checked).

Steps

  1. Step 1

    Heat the oven to 450°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

    450°F

  2. Step 2

    In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt.

    2 min

    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 tbsp baking powder
    • 1/2 tsp baking soda
    • 1 tsp sugar
    • 1 tsp fine salt
  3. Step 3

    Stir the melted butter into the cold buttermilk in a measuring cup; it will clump into small lumps, which is exactly what you want. Pour it into the flour and stir with a fork just until no dry flour remains. The dough will be thick and shaggy, not smooth.

    3 min

    • 6 tbsp unsalted butter
    • 1 1/4 cups cold buttermilk
  4. Step 4

    Scoop 8 mounds of dough (about 1/3 cup each) onto the baking sheet, leaving 2 inches between them. Bake until puffed and golden brown on top, 14 to 16 minutes.

    15 min, hands-off · 450°F

  5. Step 5

    While the biscuits bake, cook the sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking it into small crumbles with a wooden spoon, until well browned, 7 to 9 minutes. Do not drain the fat.

    8 min

    • 1 lb bulk breakfast sausage
  6. Step 6

    Reduce the heat to medium and add the butter. When it melts, sprinkle the flour over the sausage and stir constantly for 1 to 2 minutes, until the flour smells toasty and coats everything in a thick paste.

    2 min

    • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
    • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  7. Step 7

    Pour in the milk a splash at a time at first, stirring hard to smooth out lumps, then add the rest. Add the black pepper and cayenne. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook, stirring often and scraping the bottom, until the gravy thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, 5 to 8 minutes. Season with salt and more black pepper to taste; thin with a splash of milk if it gets too thick.

    7 min

    • 3 1/2 cups whole milk
    • 1 1/2 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
    • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
    • salt
  8. Step 8

    Split the warm biscuits in half, set two halves on each plate and ladle the hot gravy generously over the top.

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Version 1, saved Oct 4, 2026

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