Biscuits and Gravy Casserole
This easy Biscuits and Gravy Casserole recipe has a homemade sausage gravy baked with eggs and homemade biscuit dough. It's the ultimate make-ahead breakfast!
Servings: 12
Calories: 416kcal
Cost: 8
Equipment
Ingredients
Sausage Gravy:
- 1 pound pork sausage (I use jimmy dean)
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 cups half and half
- 1 Tablespoon butter
Eggs:
- 6 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon Dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Biscuits:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable shortening , or butter
- 1 cup milk , any kind
Instructions
- 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.
- Make Biscuits: Stir flour baking powder and salt together. Add shortening and cut in with forks or a pastry blender until mixture is small crumbs. Stir in milk to form a dough. Pour dough onto a floured surface and shape into a rectangle about ¾ inch thick.
- Mix eggs, milk and spices in a mixing bowl.
- Assemble: Cut biscuit dough into 1/2 inch pieces and scatter half of the biscuit dough along the bottom of a 9×13 inch pan. Pour egg mixture over the biscuits. Spoon sausage gravy evenly on top, then sprinkle with cheese. Add remaining biscuit dough pieces on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-45 minutes or until eggs have set and biscuits are golden. Allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving.
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Notes
Biscuits: you could use a tube of store-bought biscuit dough, if needed.
Make Ahead Instructions: Follow the recipe instructions up until the baking part. Cover the unbaked casserole and keep in the refrigerator for up to a day in advance. Take out of the fridge for 30 minutes before baking to let it come to room temperature then bake as normal.
Freezing Instructions: Let the casserole cool then place lid on or wrap in plastic wrap and a double layer of aluminum foil and keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. Let it thaw overnight in the refrigerator then take off plastic wrap and let it rewarm in the oven, covered with a sheet of aluminum foil.
Nutrition
Calories: 416kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 142mg | Sodium: 800mg | Potassium: 277mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 521IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 276mg | Iron: 2mg
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