Sausage and Cheddar Biscuits

Ingredients

• 2 cup All-purpose flour (Plus extra for dusting the work surface and dough)
• 1 tbsp Baking powder
• 0.5 tsp Baking soda
• 0.5 tsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Sugar (Optional; omitted by the creator)
• 0.5 cup Unsalted butter (Very cold or frozen; grated)
• 1.25 cup Milk (Cold; buttermilk may be used instead. The description lists 1½ cups, while the creator states 1¼ cups in the transcript.)
• 1 cup Sharp cheddar cheese (Heaping; shredded)
• 1 cup Cooked sausage (Heaping; crumbled and cooled)
• Flour (Additional, for dusting; as needed)
• 1 Egg (For egg wash)
• Milk (A splash, for egg wash)
• Butter (For buttering the cast-iron pan)
• Gravy (Optional, for serving; recipe referenced by creator but not provided here)

Steps

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

2. 2

   Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl; sift them instead if preferred. Set aside extra flour for dusting.

3. 3

   Grate the very cold or frozen butter into the dry ingredients. Work it in with a fork or pastry cutter until the mixture resembles small, pea-sized crumbs.

4. 4

   Pour in 1¼ cups cold milk (or buttermilk) and mix just until combined. The dough will be sticky.

5. 5

   Lightly flour the work surface. Turn out the dough, dust its top, and press it flat, sprinkling on more flour whenever it is too sticky to handle.

6. 6

   Add the heaping cup of shredded cheddar and the heaping cup of crumbled, cooked, chilled sausage over the dough. Press them into the dough.

7. 7

   Fold the dough over itself about eight times to build flaky layers, lightly pressing it out after each fold. Dust with flour as needed.

8. 8

   Butter a cast-iron pan. Cut biscuits with a large round cutter (the creator used a 3¼-inch cutter); press straight down without twisting so the layers stay intact. Arrange the biscuits close together in the pan. The creator made six biscuits and used the remaining dough for another biscuit placed in the middle.

9. 9

   Whisk one egg with a splash of milk to make an egg wash, then brush it over the biscuit tops.

10. 10

    Bake at 400°F (200°C) until baked through and golden; the creator's biscuits took 22 minutes, within the description's 20–25-minute range.

11. 11

    Remove the biscuits from the oven. To hold them for serving, place them in a bowl and cover with a towel. Serve as they are or with gravy.

Notes

The description specifies 1½ cups milk, while the spoken recipe specifies 1¼ cups; the instructions follow the spoken amount. The creator reports making seven biscuits. If using a sheet pan, place biscuits close together to help them rise. The creator recommends cold ingredients and says the biscuits can be meal-prepped.

Nutrition per serving

• breakfast
• American
• baked
• savory
• sausage
• cheddar
• make-ahead