An easy, southern-style sausage gravy with flaky homemade biscuits makes the BEST Biscuits and Gravy! One of our favorite breakfast recipes of all time!
It's no secret that a yummy homemade breakfast makes me excited to get up on Saturday morning. Our weekday breakfasts usually consist of plain old oatmeal or freezer breakfast sandwiches but on the weekends I like to make something much more fun!
This sausage gravy recipe is a TREASURE in our family, thanks to my mother-in-law. She's made it so many times she has completely perfected the recipe, and now it's one of our favorite breakfasts.
I should issue a disclaimer that you'll never want to order biscuits and gravy from a restaurant after trying this recipe. I know from experience that every other will pale in comparison. But the good news is that it's just about one of the easiest things in the world to make.
Pair it with my absolute favorite homemade, light and flaky buttermilk biscuits and you will be in heaven!
Short on time? Try my Biscuits and Gravy Casserole.
Sausage Gravy Ingredients:
- Pork sausage: any sausage will work and choose hot or milk based on your preference. I think it's best with sausage, but you could substitute bacon or other chopped meats.
- Flour and butter: for flavor and to thicken the gravy
- Half and half– or substitute whole or 2% milk.
- Seasoning: Thyme, Rosemary, Crushed red pepper
How to Make Biscuits and Gravy:
2. Make Sausage Gravy:
- Brown sausage in a large saucepan. Use a paper towel to blot out most of the grease from the pan.
- Add flour, butter, and half & half. Cook on medium-low, stirring often, for several minutes until thickened.
- Add spices: thyme, rosemary, red pepper flakes and black pepper.
Serve sausage gravy over:
- Flakey Buttermilk Biscuits
- Breakfast Skillet
- Breakfast burritos
- Roasted potatoes
- Eggs
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Recipe
Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
Ingredients
- 8 Flakey Buttermilk Biscuits
- 1 pound pork sausage
- 2 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon(s)s all-purpose flour (18 g)
- 2 1/2 cups half and half (600 ml)
- 1 Tablespoon butter (14 g)
- 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme (0.25 g)
- 1/8 teaspoon dried crushed rosemary (0.25 g)
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (0.25 g)
- freshly ground black pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Brown sausage in a large saucepan. Use a paper towel to blot out most of the grease from the pan.
- Add flour, butter, and half & half. Cook on medium-low, stirring often, for several minutes until thickened.
- Add thyme, rosemary, red pepper flakes and black pepper.
- Serve over warm biscuits.
Notes
Nutrition
I originally shared this recipe September 2016. Updated March 2020 with process photos and a video.
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These were a huge hit at my house. Will make again soon!
It was delicious!! Definitely add some salt tho. Everyone said today’s breakfast was bomb/delicious.
This recipe is DELICIOUS! My father asked for biscuits and gravy for his Father’s Day brunch. I have never made this dish before. I selected this recipe based on the consistent reviews. I appreciated the video, too. The only ingredient that I did not use was the rosemary (only because I did not have any rosemary on hand)…otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly and it’s a WINNER! Will be making again.
This really IS the best biscuits and gravy recipe!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!
can you add a recipe for “half and half” for the readers outside USA? spent a while working out what that was, it’s not a phrase that’s easy to google.
Hi Brenda, Thanks for letting me know. Half and half is simply half heavy cream, mixed with half milk.
I NEVER leave reviews but this gravy is EVERYTHING! Super easy to make and the flavor is off the charts. My husband grew up with a Meemaw making his gravy and she passed before I could get her recipe. No biscuits and gravy could ever live up to his southern grandmas recipe until I made this! He said it was better! Highly recommend literally everyone to give this simple and delicious recipe a try!
Can confirm. The author wasn’t lying about this recipe ruining restaurants forever lol. The rosemary and thyme pops when you eat it and the flavor profile is just incredible! I used Jimmy Dean original sausage and the original Grands biscuits. 10/10 would recommend.
Tasty recipe!! Made without any adjustments — didn’t really need any. Thanks for sharing — Never realized how easy this dish is!
Adding the thyme and rosemary might not be traditional, but it sure adds needed flavor to balance the cream. Great recipe, especially made with a sage sausage. Thank you!
Super easy to make and delicious!
My husband and I love, love this recipe!
Thought it would be weird wirh rosemary and thyme, this is flavor I’ve always been missing in my sausage gravy. Thank you. What an awesome recipe. My biscuits weren’t light and flaky I assume my own error, buy the flavor with honey so sweet ans delicious
My husband and I really loved this recipe! I would recommend adding the butter and flour first, then stirring until there is no visibly dry flour before adding the half and half, just to make it a little easier to combine. I also like it a little spicier, so I like to use the spicy breakfast sausage instead of regular ground sausage. All in all, a fantastic recipe and super easy to follow. Thank you!
Followed instructions to the tee and biscuits were hard. I used gentle hands and movement too. Would not recommend.