Non-VegetarianColorado Ranch cuisine Breakfast

Ranch-Style Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

Name: Ranch-Style Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Colorado Ranch
Ingredients: 2.25 cups All-purpose flour; 1 tbsp Baking powder; 0.5 cup Cold butter, cubed; 1 cup Buttermilk; 1 tsp Salt; 1 lb Breakfast sausage, bulk; 0.25 cup Flour, for gravy; 3 cups Whole milk; 1 tsp Black pepper

Flaky buttermilk biscuits smothered in peppery sausage gravy, a hearty, high-calorie breakfast rooted in Colorado's cattle ranch cookhouse tradition.

🇺🇸United States· Colorado

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 30 min
Total: 50 min
Servings: 6
Difficulty: Medium
Calories: 580 kcal

Ingredients

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Servings

Equipment

•Baking sheet
•Skillet

Nutrition

Per serving, approximate

Calories: 580 kcal
fat: 36
carbs: 46
protein: 18
calories: 580

Instructions

1
Preheat your oven to 425°F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
2
Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Work in the cold butter until pea-sized crumbs form.
3
Stir in the buttermilk just until a rough dough forms.
4
Pat the dough out on a floured surface to 1-inch thickness. Cut the dough into rounds.
5
Bake biscuits for 14 to 16 minutes until golden on top. Check a couple minutes early at high altitude.
6
Brown the sausage in a skillet over medium heat while biscuits bake. Break the meat into small crumbles.
7
Sprinkle the flour over the cooked sausage. Stir and cook for 1 minute to remove the raw flour taste.
8
Slowly whisk in the whole milk. Cook and stir until the gravy thickens, about 5 to 7 minutes.
9
Season the gravy generously with black pepper and salt to taste.
10
Split the warm biscuits in half. Spoon plenty of sausage gravy over the top.

Chef's tips

Keep your butter and buttermilk cold for the flakiest biscuits. At higher elevations like Colorado, check the biscuits a few minutes early because they bake faster.