Sausage Gravy for Biscuits and Gravy

Starrynews's Note:

The other grandkids and I always ask our grandmother to make her biscuits and gravy for us! So I knew I had to get her recipe. This is a simple sausage gravy that you can use over your favorite biscuits, whether store-bought or homemade! I have used skim milk before, and it worked fine... just be patient since it takes longer to thicken.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 3 cups

• 1/2 lb lean bulk sausage
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• 3 1/4 cups milk
• salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Brown sausage until it crumbles in a large skillet. Drain and set aside.
2. Melt butter and stir in flour.
3. Gradually add milk and stir constantly as you bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat.
4. When mixture is thickened, add sausage and salt and pepper to taste.
5. Cook until heated through and serve over split biscuits.

Reviews

[lazyme]

Yum! Great comfort food. I made as directed but did not drain the fat from the sausage. Like Lavender Lynn said - I think that that is where most of the flavor comes from. I used Jimmy Dean hot sausage and 2% milk. Thanks Starrynews for a great meal. Grandson thanks you too! Made for Tic Tac Toe Spring 2010.

[Lavender Lynn]

This is delicious and -- ahem -- probably fattening. That said, my only question would be about draining off the fat, since gravy is all about the flavor from the drippings. This is usually a breakfast item but tonight was a ten o'clock supper as the younger generation arrived home from various points of the compass. The biscuit was just for the photo; we mostly ate it with Recipe#389232, a marriage made in heaven. Both made for Top Favorites of 2009.

[breezermom]

Yummy, yummy! I used 2 % milk, and it worked wonderfully. DS thanks you very much for posting your recipe!