Biscuits and Gravy

I never ate biscuits & gravy growing up.  In fact, the very idea of eating a biscuit in some kind of milky, white gravy was fairly disgusting to me.  As an adult I've often celebrated holidays with my step-family.  My step grandmother makes the best down-home southern-style breakfast you've ever had.  It was there I realized that  biscuits & gravy is not only delicious, but it's pretty easy to make.

Biscuits & Gravy

Biscuits
You can make biscuits with the standard Bisquick Recipe or you can dress them up with the following:
2 1/2 c. Bisquick
1/4 c. cold butter
2 Tbsp. sugar
3/4 c. buttermilk
1 egg & 1 Tbsp. water

1.  Combine Bisquick with butter using a pastry cutter.
2.  Add sugar and buttermilk and combine.  Knead thoroughly in bowl
3.  Pat on table into 1 in. thick dough. Cut with biscuit cutter (or juice can, 2 in. glass etc).
4.  Brush tops with beaten egg mixed with water.
5.  Bake at 450 for 12 minutes.

Gravy
For my family of 6, I need to double the following recipe:
1-2 sausage patties
1 Tbsp. flour
1 c. milk
salt & pepper to taste

1.  Crumble sausage in a skillet and cook until nicely browned.
2.  Add flour and cook for 1 minute.
3.  Add milk and salt & pepper (I usually do about 1/4 tsp of each).  Cook over med heat until thickened (just a few minutes)
4.  Serve over hot biscuits.

source:  Jim J. & Cooks.com