Sausage Biscuit and Gravy Casserole

Anyone that has ever been to my house knows that when I am in the mood to cook, I cook. Although with our busy lives it is not always possible when I get the opportunity to try out new recipes I jump at the chance. And when I was asked if I would like to review a new cookbook from Southern Living called Sunday Suppers by Cynthia Graubart, I couldn’t wait for it to come in the mail. When I received it in the mail, I immediately started combing through it looking for my next cooking experiment. And I found several, and I was able to make a few shortcuts because as you know, I am a shortcut kind of cook. So here is my take on her Sausage Biscuit Gravy Bake. 

I am including the full recipe that the book had, but I am also going to add my shortcuts. 

 

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground pork sausage ( or if you have brown and serve sausage which I had in my freezer- you can use that. Here is a note our local grocery store had these for buy one get one free awhile back, so that is why I still had some in my freezer. I had the patties, but the links will work as well.)
• 2 two teaspoons of canola oil ( I didn’t use this as the sausage gave it enough grease I didn’t need to add any more.) 
• 5 tablespoons of butter or country crock
• 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour
• 3 cups of milk
• 3/4 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• cooking spray 
• 8 refrigerated Jumbo biscuits
• 1/2 cup of green onions ( I left those off because we aren’t big onion fans.)
• 1/4 cup of shredded sharp Cheddar Cheese ( I didn’t have any cheddar, so I used mozzarella cheese.)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. 

• Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium heat. 
• Remove sausage from skillet and drain. 
• If you choose the route I took with the brown and serve, then you will need to take time to cut them into little pieces. 
• Melt butter or country crock in skillet.

• Whisk in flour.
• Whisk constantly for 1 minute. 
• Gradually whisk in milk, salt, and pepper.
• Bring to a boil, continually whisking, cook 2 minutes. 

• Stir in sausage. 
• Grease a 11×7 baking dish with cooking spray.

• Split biscuits in half lengthwise. 

• Place 8 halves on the bottom of the baking dish. 

• Top with half of the sausage mixture and if you choose to go the green onion route then you can add them now. 
• Repeat the layers. 

• Sprinkle with cheese. 
• Bake at 350ºF for 40 minutes or until golden brown. 

I made this recipe when my girls and Lex were home for Thanksgiving. They headed back to school that Friday because of research projects they are involved with so I wanted to make sure they had a good brunch before they hit the road. If I had to do this differently, I would have waited until the last 10 minutes to add the cheese but other than that it was delicious. 

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