Homemade Biscuits and Gravy

This biscuits and gravy recipe is a perfectly rich, great-tasting breakfast option for that occasional Sunday morning when you don’t care about calories!

Ingredients

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Original recipe (1X) yields 10 servings

Biscuits:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 egg, beaten
• ⅔ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted

Gravy:

• 1 (16 ounce) package bulk pork breakfast sausage (such as Jimmy Dean®)
• ¼ cup butter
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 ½ cups water
• salt and ground black pepper to taste