Sour Cream Biscuits With Sausage Gravy

Preparation

1. Biscuits:

   Step 1

   Preheat oven to 425°F. Whisk baking powder, salt, and 2 cups flour in a large bowl to combine. Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, work chilled butter into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse meal. Using a wooden spoon or fork, mix in sour cream and milk until a shaggy dough forms.

   Step 2

   Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead a few times just to bring together. Roll out until 1/4" thick, then fold in half. Roll dough out again until 1/4" thick, then fold in half again. Repeat once more, rolling out to a 3/4"-thick round.

   Step 3

   Punch out biscuits as close together as possible with cutter. Pat scraps together and punch out more biscuits; repeat until you can't cut out any more (you should have 12 total). Transfer biscuits to a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing 1" apart, and bake, rotating sheet once, until golden brown and baked through, 10–12 minutes. Brush biscuits with melted butter.

2. Do Ahead

   Step 4

   Dough can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill, or freeze up to 1 week.

3. Gravy and assembly:

   Step 5

   While biscuits are baking, cook sausage in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until cooked through and starting to brown, 5–8 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl with a slotted spoon.

   Step 6

   Add butter to drippings in pan and melt over medium. Whisk flour into butter mixture and cook, whisking constantly, until roux is very smooth and starting to bubble, about 2 minutes (don't let it color; this is a white gravy).

   Step 7

   Gradually add milk, whisking until incorporated. Reduce heat to mediumlow and cook gravy, still whisking, until thickened, 8–10 minutes. Stir in sausage; season with salt and pepper.

   Step 8

   Serve hot biscuits with gravy alongside for spooning over top.