Southern Sausage Biscuits

Here’s a classic Southern Sausage Biscuits recipe—flaky, buttery biscuits with savory sausage, just like a true Southern breakfast 🧈🥓

Ingredients (Serves 6–8)

Biscuits

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tbsp baking powder

• ½ tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp sugar (optional, traditional but subtle)

• 6 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cubed

• ¾ cup cold buttermilk

Sausage

• 1 lb pork breakfast sausage (sage-style preferred)

• 1 tbsp butter (optional, for extra richness)

Instructions

Make the Biscuits

1. Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.

2. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.

3. Cut butter into flour until coarse crumbs form.

4. Stir in buttermilk just until dough comes together.

5. Turn onto floured surface, gently fold 3–4 times (don’t knead).

6. Pat to ¾-inch thickness and cut biscuits.

7. Bake 12–15 minutes until tall and golden.

Cook the Sausage

1. Form sausage into patties slightly larger than biscuits.

2. Cook in a skillet over medium heat 3–4 minutes per side until browned and cooked through.

3. Optional: melt butter over sausage just before removing from pan.

Assemble

• Split warm biscuits.

• Add sausage patties.

• Optional: brush biscuit tops with melted butter.

Optional Add-Ons

• Fried or scrambled egg

• Slice of cheddar cheese

• Honey or hot sauce

Southern Tips

• Cold butter + hot oven = flaky layers

• Don’t twist the biscuit cutter—press straight down

• Cast-iron skillet sausage = best flavor

If you’d like, I can also give you:

• Sausage biscuit gravy version

• Make-ahead freezer biscuits

• Cheesy jalapeño sausage biscuits