{"id":5819,"date":"2025-09-04T11:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:49:22","slug":"the-ultimate-biscuits-and-gravy-breakfast-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/the-ultimate-biscuits-and-gravy-breakfast-casserole\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast Casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udd58 Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>For the casserole:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 (16 oz) can refrigerated biscuits (8 count, e.g. Pillsbury Grands)<\/li>\n<li>1 lb breakfast sausage (pork or turkey)<\/li>\n<li>6 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup milk<\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (or a mix of cheddar &amp; mozzarella)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon black pepper<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon onion powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon paprika (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the gravy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bc cup unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>3 cups whole milk (or 2% for lighter)<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon ground sage (optional, classic Southern flavor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf73 Instructions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C). Grease a 9&#215;13-inch baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Cook the sausage: In a skillet over medium heat, crumble and cook the sausage until browned. Drain excess grease.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare biscuits: Cut each biscuit into quarters. Layer half of the biscuit pieces in the greased baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Layer sausage &amp; cheese: Spread the cooked sausage evenly over the biscuits, then sprinkle with half of the shredded cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Make the egg mixture: In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika. Pour evenly over the sausage and biscuits.<\/li>\n<li>Top with remaining biscuits: Place the rest of the biscuit pieces on top, followed by the remaining cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Bake: Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 20\u201325 minutes, or until eggs are set and biscuits are golden brown.<\/li>\n<li>Make the gravy: While casserole bakes, melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour to form a roux (about 1 minute). Slowly whisk in milk until smooth and thickened (5\u20137 minutes). Season with salt, pepper, and sage if using.<\/li>\n<li>Serve: Once casserole is done, cut into squares and serve warm with a generous ladle of sausage gravy over the top.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u2728 Tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a spicy kick, use hot breakfast sausage or add red pepper flakes.<\/li>\n<li>Can be prepped ahead: Assemble casserole the night before, refrigerate, and bake in the morning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udd58 Ingredients For the casserole: 1 (16 oz) can refrigerated biscuits (8 count, e.g. Pillsbury Grands) 1 lb breakfast sausage&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"The Ultimate Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast Casserole - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"\ud83e\udd58 Ingredients For the casserole: 1 (16 oz) can refrigerated biscuits (8 count, e.g. Pillsbury Grands) 1 lb breakfast sausage (pork or turkey) 6 large eggs \u00bd cup"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5821,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions\/5821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}