The Best Sourdough Biscuits and Gravy Recipe
This homemade biscuits and gravy recipe features deliciously tangy and buttery sourdough biscuits covered in a flavorful sausage gravy made from scratch. It's a classic Southern dish, a family favorite and the ultimate comfort food.
Servings: 12
Equipment
- 1 Pastry cutter optional
Ingredients
Sourdough Biscuits
- 2 cups all purpose flour 280 grams
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt 4 grams
- 8 tablespoons cold butter cut into chunks (113 grams)
- 1 cup sourdough discard 285 grams
- 1 tablespoon sugar 12 grams
- 1/2 cup milk or buttermilk* 122 grams – You can also use water
Sausage Gravy
- 1 pound breakfast sausage
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 cups whole milk or more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- pepper to taste
Instructions
Sourdough Biscuits
- Mix dry ingredients for the biscuits in a large bowl.
- Add chunks of cold butter to the dry ingredients. Cut butter into flour. I usually use my hands to massage the flour and butter together until it starts to form a ball. You can also use a food processor or pastry blender.
- Add sourdough starter, sugar, milk or buttermilk.
- Stir until nicely incorporated and creates a dough.
- Roll out dough onto a lightly floured surface and cut biscuits.
- Place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake biscuits in a 400 degree oven for 14 -20 minutes.
Sausage Gravy
- While the biscuits are baking, brown sausage over medium heat.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low. Sprinkle on the flour and stir so that the sausage grease soaks it all up.
- Cook for a few more minutes.
- Pour in the milk and stir constantly.
- Cook the gravy, stirring frequently, until it thickens. This takes about 5-10 minutes.
- Add in the salt and pepper and stir. If the gravy gets too thick, add a little more milk.
Notes
- If you try the long fermented version and are not comfortable using milk, you can substitute it with water.
- You can substitute honey for granulated sugar.
- Don't have baking powder? You can make it at home as long as you have cream of tartar and baking soda. I typically use two parts cream of tartar to one part baking soda and mix it together.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 728mg | Potassium: 214mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 361IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 2mg