Aunt Bonnie’s Southern Style Biscuits & Gravy

Today I am sharing my Aunt Bonnie’s, famous Southern-style biscuits and gravy recipe! I watched her closely to pick up all the secret techniques she uses to create made-from-scratch biscuits. Serve with hearty, sausage gravy for breakfast or dinner!

Southern Style Biscuits and Gravy Recipe

My Aunt Bonnie is a Michigan native turned Southern belle. She married her college sweetheart and moved with him to his home state of Alabama. There, she lived in a log cabin, caught rattle snakes, picked up a Southern drawl and mastered the art of Southern cooking! Now, whenever Aunt Bonnie is here for a visit, there is a whole day set aside as “biscuits and gravy day.” During a week long visit that may have several scheduled activities, making and eating biscuits and gravy is an event in it’s self.

It’s All in the Flour

I have watched Aunt Bonnie at work, the past couple times she has visited, hoping to catch the “secret” to her rustic style biscuits. But of course, she doesn’t use a recipe! She did try hard to break it down for me. So, here is the best I can do at explaining her technique. Warning: The word “approximate” is used frequently!

Tip: What flour you use makes a big difference. Aunt Bonnie prefers SELF RISING FLOUR and this past time she was in Michigan, the “White Lily” brand flour worked wonderfully!

Ingredients

These ingredients are pretty simple. 3 ingredients for the gravy, 4 ingredients for the biscuits.
For the gravy you will need:

• 2 lb of rolled pork sausage (any kind)
• Flour (Aunt Bonnie uses self rising)
• Whole Milk

For the biscuits you will need:

• Self rising flour
• Butter flavored shortening (Aunt Bonnie uses Crisco)
• Buttermilk
• Butter (Aunt Bonnie uses salted butter)

Tips

Follow the instructions in the recipe bellow, but also make note of the following tips:

• Do not over-mix the dough
• Do not drain the sausage
• Form a well in your dough for the buttermilk before mixing
• Better to be too moist than too dry!
• After mixing, punch the dough
• Use your thumb to make little imprint in the dough, on the top of each biscuit for a slice of butter

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Aunt Bonnie’s Southern Style Biscuits & Gravy

Ingredients

• For Gravy
• 2 lb rolled pork sausage
• Flour
• Whole Milk
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• For Biscuits
• 4 Cups White Lily Self Rising Flour
• 4 Tablespoons Butter Flavored Crisco
• Buttermilk
• Butter

Instructions

1. For Gravy:
2. Cook sausage in large skillet. Once sausage is cooked thoroughly, do not drain.
3. Remove from heat and sprinkle with flour (approximately 2 to 4 tablespoons) until sausage is coated well and all the grease has been soaked up by the flour.
4. Return to heat and slowly add whole milk (approximately 4 cups depending on desired thickness).
5. Stir constantly and bring to a boil. Milk will thicken!
6. Remove from heat and let stand.
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8. For Biscuits:
9. Mix approximately 4 cups self rising flour with approximately 4 tablespoons of Crisco.
10. Form a "well" in your dough and pour approximately 1 cup of buttermilk into dough. "Better to be too moist than too dry"
11. Mix together, but DO NOT OVER MIX
12. Punch the dough!
13. Roll out onto floured surface about an inch thick.
14. Using a biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits and place them on a cookie sheet.
15. Using your finger or thumb, poke a hole in the top of each biscuit and place a sliver of butter on top.
16. Bake at 450 degrees until golden brown.
17. Do not try to double recipe. Mix ingredients one batch at a time. Makes approximately 1 dozen biscuits depending on thickness.

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