Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast Casserole folds hearty sausage and delicious egg into savory biscuits and gravy, a tasty southern country style breakfast recipe with the perfect amount of pepper that will keep you full all day!
warm, melty, and cheesy breakfast casserole tastes right out of a magazine
This is a perfect breakfast recipe to feed a crowd, so dig in and be satisfied!
Savory Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast Casserole
There plenty of Southern recipes that get a lot of play- crawfish, grits, and good ole biscuits and gravy.
We like comfort food in the south and nothing says “I ate too much” like slathering your biscuits with peppery gravy. The best part of this casserole is that it takes that southern breakfast and turns it right into a delicious, perfect casserole instead!
Serving to your family on a holiday is a must, but this recipe is also wonderful for early morning office meetings and church potluck too.
Serve along side some cheesy oven baked hash browns and crispy bacon too!
Scroll to the bottom for a printable version of this post, including all measurements and instructions, so you can follow along in your kitchen without being on your phone.
Here is what you need to gather to get started:
- buttermilk biscuits
- ground sausage
- cheese
- butter
- flour
- half and half
- whole cream
- salt
- pepper
- eggs
PAN SIZE: I put this into a smaller 2-1/2 quart casserole dish. If you choose to use a 9×13 pan, I would suggest you double the recipe.
RELATED RECIPES: Amish Breakfast Casserole, Sausage Hash Brown Casserole, Cinnamon Apple Breakfast Bake, Blueberry Breakfast Casserole, Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole, Ham Hash browns
This cheese, biscuits, and sausage casserole can be reheated in the microwave.
How long can you keep this recipe? I never recommend keeping food longer than 2-3 days, tightly sealed, in fridge before tossing (especially where dairy is involved)
Overnight Prep: You can make this country style biscuits and gravy casserole ahead of time and leave in the fridge overnight (sealed w/ foil) and finish cooking morning of.
Anytime you prep a casserole ahead, you may need to adjust cooking time as the food is extra cold when entering the oven.
Even better if you can move up closer to room temp before putting in oven.
Prepping Biscuits, Sausage and Eggs
Super simple layered breakfast casserole starts with tons of delicious breakfast sausage
Start by layering your biscuits, sausage, and cheese before adding your gravy
Making Gravy
Smooth flavorful gravy is all about the patience
Why do I have to let a casserole stand before serving?
Hearty, Savory, and amazing, just wait till you taste one bite of this casserole!
Other amazing breakfast casserole dishes:
I love making breakfast side dishes, so if you need more, you do not have to venture far!
- Apple Cinnamon Bread Pudding
- Apple Breakfast Bake
- Blueberry French Toast Casserole
- Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole
- Sausage Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
Make sure you come back and tell me any changes you made, if you loved it and always be sure to share with me your pictures on social media by tagging with #SaltySideDish
Biscuits and Gravy Casserole with Country Sausage
Ingredients
- 1 tub - 7.5 oz, basic buttermilk biscuits (10 count per refrigerated can)
- 1 pound ground sausage - reserve 1/4th for gravy
- 1 1/2 cups cheese
- 1/2 cup of shredded cheese - for top layer
Egg Mixture
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup of whole whipping cream
Sausage Gravy
- 1 1/2 cups half and half
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/4 cup of cooked breakfast sausage
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 2-1/2 quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. If you want to serve more than 6-8, you can use a 9x13 pan and double this recipe.
- Line country style (homestyle) biscuits in a single layer on the bottom. They don't have to touch each other, but if they do, that is fine.
- Heat breakfast sausage in a skillet until no longer pink.
- Sprinkle cooked sausage on top of biscuits in the casserole dish.
- Add 1 1/2 cups of layered cheddar cheese on top of sausage.
- In a mixing bowl, add eggs and 1/2 cup whipping cream and whisk well.
- Pour egg mixture on top of sausage and biscuit mixture.
- Using the same skillet that you did to cook the sausage, make the gravy.
- Add butter, flour, half and half, salt and pepper and whisk well, over medium low heat.
- Heat the gravy, whisking frequently, until bubbling, thick, and smooth about 5 minutes.
- Add reserved 1/4th cup of sausage.
- Pour gravy into casserole dish and sprinkle the final top layer with remaining cheese - its ok to use as much or as little as you want, I recommend 1/2 cup shredded cheese, more if you decide to use a bigger casserole dish.
- Bake biscuits and gravy breakfast casserole for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly and center is set. Start checking around 30 minutes if your oven is really hot.
- Let casserole stand 5 minutes before serving so the casserole is easy to cut and serve.
- Serves 6-8 (one biscuit area per person)
Mary says
Can you use frozen biscuits instead of canned biscuits?
Trisha says
Honestly, I havent actually tried it that way – I am sure the biscuits would cook just fine though – are frozen biscuits fluffy or really dense? That would be my only concern.
Chuck S says
I love biscuits and sausage gravy, but never thought of making it at home. I tried this recipe and the result was AMAZING! It tasted SO good! I couldn’t find ground sausage in my supermarket, but they had little sausage breakfast patties. I fried up about 8 of those patties and crumbled them as they were frying.
I used Pilsbury Southern Style biscuits. I knew they would rise, but I didn’t realize how much. Make sure your casserole/baking dish can accommodate the rise of the biscuits. (My oven is currently on self clean right now 🙂 ) It wasn’t a large over flow, but there was some from the cooking spray.
Sometimes too much cheddar is just too much for me, so I used a shredded cheddar/colby mix. Made for a very nice gooey cheese!
Thank you for this recipe!
Trisha says
I cant believe you have never made biscuits and gravy from home – so happy that we were able to inspire you to break that streak and up your breakfast game! Thanks for all the awesome tips as well!
Kelly says
Perhaps a silly question… to make it ahead of time, you wait to bake it the next morning, right? Basically the only thing that’s cooked is the sausage the night before, and then bake it all the next morning. Thanks!
Trisha says
No Silly Questions! Yes, you just prep ahead but not oven bake it till the next day. 🙂
Trisha
Misti says
This is an amazing dish! I have never had a better breakfst casserole. My family was so happy with this! Perfect!
Trisha says
Misti, that makes us so happy this holiday season! Merry Christmas and glad you enjoyed your breakfast casserole!!
Ali says
This dish is sooo incredibly scrumptious! My family’s favorite breakfast casserole we’ve ever made.
I cut down on the cheese by and still plenty of cheese 🙂
Thank you for an incredibly delicious recipe!