Skillet Buttermilk Biscuits & Southern Sausage Gravy

Thick and fluffy scratch buttermilk biscuits with homemade sausage gravy. A Southern Favorite!

How about putting a little south in your mouth. Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits & Southern Sausage Gravy. I don't think any dish can get anymore southern than that. Breakfast on the weekends is a big deal in our house.

Saturdays and Sundays are the days I usually reserve for a big country breakfast. You know the choices eggs, toast, homemade biscuits (with apple butter, jam or peach preserves), bacon, sausage or country ham.
 
Buttered grits, sausage grits or baked cheese grits. Scratch gravy made with sausage, bacon or even chocolate.Yes, chocolate gravy my friends served over buttermilk biscuits. Chocolate gravy is a big thing here in the south. Some call it gross, but not me I just call it a little piece of heaven.

I was raised on sausage or hamburger gravy (SOS) poured over piping hot homemade biscuits. I never cared for the hamburger gravy, but mom always made it because my dad loved it. Now for us kids, well we got chocolate gravy so everyone was happy. I loved getting chocolate for breakfast because it was always a treat.

I can't think of a more perfect southern breakfast than traditional Biscuits and Sausage Gravy. Now we don't eat this every weekend, but I can say it's a favorite in our house. We love it so much that it occasionally graces our dinner table as well. If you have never made sausage gravy from scratch I hope you'll give it a try with these easy step by step photos below.

Start off by preparing and baking a batch of homemade skillet buttermilk biscuits (recipe below). While the biscuits are baking let's get started on the sausage gravy.

Crumble and cook sausage in large skillet over medium heat until browned. If the sausage does not render enough drippings you can add 2-3 tablespoon of shortening or bacon grease. Stir in flour until dissolved. Mix the milk and water together and gradually stir in one cup of milk mixture to the sausage.

When the gravy starts to thicken add the remaining cup of milk mixture and continue stirring. Cook gravy until thick and bubbly. Season with salt and pepper.

Remove biscuits from the oven and brush on some melted butter. Cool and split each biscuit with a fork

and pile on the sausage gravy. Save a few biscuits for butter, jam, preserves or apple butter.

 

Click here for a step by step photo tutorial on how to make these Skillet Buttermilk Biscuits.