Homestead Style Biscuits & Gravy From Scratch

Biscuit Recipe

Makes 8-10 biscuits

Ingredients:

4 cups all purpose flour

2 tbsp baking powder

2 tsp salt

10 tbsp cold leaf lard or butter (or some of each!) 3/4-1 cup milk or buttermilk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425F

Combine flour, baking powder, & salt together and mix thoroughly

Add lard and/or butter to dry ingredients & cut in with a fork or pastry cutter (or your hands!) until pieces are evenly distributed. (You can also use a cheese grater for your butter if you wish)

Mix in milk until a firm dough comes together. Roll out on a lightly floured counter to approx 1/4 inch thickness. Fold into thirds (like a letter) then roll again to 1 inch thick. Use a wide mouth canning ring or biscuit cutter to cut out circles and place in your cast iron pan or parchment paper lined tray.

Bake biscuits for 20-22 minutes, or until golden brown!

Gravy Ingredients

1-2lbs breakfast sausage

1 cup all purpose flour

3-4 cups milk

Cook sausage until browned in a pan, leaving any fat/grease. If your sausage is lean, add 2-3 tablespoons of lard or butter and melt down.

Sprinkle flour over cooked meat and mix in until it thickens. Add milk and stir as it heats and thickens - if you like a runnier gravy add closer to 4 cups.

Serve over your fresh biscuits!

(FYI - leftover gravy freezes and reheats amazingly!)