A quick and easy Biscuits and Gravy Casserole that you can make the night before! Just throw it in the oven in the morning. Use canned biscuits but homemade gravy. It is perfect for Christmas breakfast! Originally published December 11, 2015.
Table of Contents
- Why you’ll love Sausage Gravy Biscuit Casserole
- Biscuit and Gravy Casserole Ingredients
- How to make Biscuits and Gravy Casserole
- Biscuit and Gravy Casserole variations
- What to serve with Biscuit Gravy Casserole
- How to store Biscuits and Gravy Casserole
- Biscuits and Gravy Casserole FAQs
- Sausage Gravy Casserole with Biscuits Recipe
For some reason Eric and the kids and I were talking about wishes the other day, and I asked Eric what his 3 wishes would be RIGHT NOW, 10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1.
What would you wish for? You only have 10 seconds to decide! GO!!
Here’s Eric’s list: the new Zelda game, new family car, and movie passes for life. (Zelda????? You learn a lot about someone in 10 seconds.)
He did it for me immediately after, and of course I was stupid and hadn’t been thinking of my list while I was counting down his, so I only had 10 seconds to think; number 1 was to get an interior decorator, 2 was a minivan, and 3 was world peace. (PUH-LEASE.)
We asked Charlotte and started counting down. She said, “I just want the whole world to be edible.”
WELL PLAYED, FOUR YEAR OLD. You win.
Well since we can’t munch on our chocolate pencils or snack on our cheese-flavored iPhones, I guess we’ll have to make real food.
Why you’ll love Sausage Gravy Biscuit Casserole
You will not BELIEVE how good this overnight casserole is guys. My mom didn’t serve biscuits and gravy growing up, but I fell in love with the ones they served in my freshman college cafeteria. My brother Nate went to BYU with me, (Cannon Center, fellow alumni? :) and he and his roommates would go back every semester after finals and pay their 7 bucks or whatever it was just to treat themselves to biscuits and gravy. I’m jealous I never thought to do it.
I wanted to try a casserole version, even though I was quite dubious about how the texture would turn out. I mean, won’t the biscuits get soggy? Oh no. It’s perfect. When I made it the first time I didn’t eat anything else for like a day and a half. Not kidding. It makes a great breakfast, lunch, or dinner, I can attest. Nate came over and was like, “Do you mind if I just eat all of this?”
I got the recipe from Miss Information (who has such a cute blog, check it out!) Her recipe calls for a gravy mix, but I wanted to do a homemade version because I like the flavor and it’s not hard. So I nabbed The Pioneer Woman’s sausage gravy recipe and OH MY GOODNESS. Best biscuits and gravy casserole EVER. If you make this for Christmas, everyone will LOVE you.
Biscuit and Gravy Casserole Ingredients
Here’s a quick shopping list to help you gather your ingredients. See the recipe card below for the full ingredients and instructions!
- Breakfast sausage
- Flour
- Whole milk
- Seasoning salt
- Eggs
- Dry mustard
- Paprika
- Pillsbury Grands Biscuits (1 can)
- Cheddar cheese (shredded)
Sausage Gravy Breakfast Casserole tips
Making this casserole the night before? Here are my tips for overnight casserole success!
- After step 11 in the recipe card below, in which you’ve poured the gravy over the biscuits, tightly cover the whole pan and refrigerate it.
- The next morning, take the casserole out of the fridge and tightly cover it with aluminum foil. Place the casserole in the cold oven.
- Preheat the oven to 350. Set a timer for 30 minutes, then remove the foil from the dish.
- Continue baking for another 15-30 minutes, or until the biscuits have browned and the sauce is bubbly.
How to make Biscuits and Gravy Casserole
Here’s a quick overview of how to make this Biscuits and Gravy Casserole. Scroll down to the recipe card below for the complete instructions!
To make the casserole immediately:
- Brown the sausage. Sprinkle in half of the flour and stir until it is absorbed. Add the rest a little at a time, and stir until all the flour is soaked up. Stir for 1 more minute to cook the flour taste out.
- Turn the heat to medium. Pour in the milk, 1 cup at a time, stirring to thicken it up each time. Continue stirring for another 10-12 minutes until the gravy has thickened. Add salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, mix together the eggs. Add milk, seasoning salt, mustard, paprika, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Grease a 9×13 inch casserole dish. Open the can of biscuits and separate all the biscuits. Use scissors to cut each biscuit into 4 pieces.
- Drop the quartered biscuits onto the prepared pan and spread them out evenly.
- Pour the egg mixture over the biscuits, then sprinkle with 1 cup cheese. Pour the gravy over the cheese and spread it out.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for about 38-45 minutes until the biscuits have browned and the sauce is bubbly.
To make the casserole the night before:
- Follow the previous instructions through step 6, then cover tightly and refrigerate overnight).
- When you’re ready to bake it, cover with aluminum foil.
- Place the casserole in the cold oven and turn it on to 350 degrees.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, then remove the foil. Continue baking for another 15-30 minutes, or until the biscuits have browned and the sauce is bubbly (45-60 minutes total).
Biscuit and Gravy Casserole variations
This casserole is amazingly delicious just the way it is, but if you’d like to switch things up, here are some suggestions for making it your own.
- Instead of sausage, use bacon. Cook and crumble it before adding the flour and completing the gravy.
- Use maple sausage or hot sausage instead of regular breakfast sausage.
- Swap out the cheddar cheese for pepper jack, monterey jack, or a combination of cheeses that you prefer.
- Making this for vegetarians? Use plant-based sausage instead.
- Add veggies! Cook up some diced onions and/or peppers and add them to the casserole right before you pour on the gravy.
If you make this, snap a photo and share on social using the hashtag #thefoodcharlatan. I’d love to see it!!
What to serve with Biscuit Gravy Casserole
This casserole is a great meal all by itself. If you’re serving it for breakfast and want ideas for sides, here are some of my favorites!
Sour Cream Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake << just absolutely a ridiculous amount of streusel here (that is NOT an apology).
Meyer Lemon Sweet Rolls << another panful of heaven
Cinnamon Sugar Dipped Muffins << also called French Breakfast Puffs, these are incredible.
Raspberry Sweet Rolls with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting << these babies give classic cinnamon rolls a run for their money.
Deep Dish Buttermilk Pancake << you read that right, it’s just one big pancake. YUM.
How to store Biscuits and Gravy Casserole
This casserole can be stored, covered, in your fridge, for 2-3 days. At some point the texture won’t be quite as excellent, but re-warming this really perks it up. I couldn’t stay away from the leftovers!
Can Biscuit Gravy Casserole be frozen?
Yes, you can freeze this casserole. Freeze the whole thing or freeze it in slices, it’s your choice. Whatever size you choose, the casserole should be tightly wrapped. It will last in the freezer for 2-3 months.
Reheating Sausage Gravy Breakfast Casserole
If you’re reheating a whole casserole, you can put it in the oven, tightly covered with foil, until it’s warmed through (30 minutes or so at 350). Individual slices can be microwaved.
Biscuits and Gravy Casserole FAQs
The original recipe from Miss Information calls for a gravy packet, prepared according to the packet instructions. If you’re using canned gravy, I recommend using 2-3 15 oz. cans and omitting the sausage (since it’s included in many like Libby’s Country Sausage Gravy). Really, I just recommend making the gravy homemade. It’s worth it, I promise!!
Are we also making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches without peanut butter now?? If you’re not a gravy-lover, I recommend trying a different recipe altogether. Here are some of my favorite breakfast casseroles with nary a drop of gravy in sight.
Cheesy Ham and Egg Breakfast Casserole with Biscuits << biscuits, but no gravy. Just what you asked for ;-)
Cheesy Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole with Ham << one of my most popular recipes of all time for a reason!
Overnight Breakfast Sausage Casserole << everything you love about breakfast in one dish!
Eggs Benedict Casserole Recipe << all the flavors of a fancy brunch, but you can do all the work the night before!
There are very few options for pre-made gluten free biscuit dough out there, but if you can find them, you could try substituting them. You could also make your own gluten free biscuit dough–a recipe that makes 8 biscuits should be about the right amount. If you make a gluten free option, tell us about it in the comments!
More great breakfast ideas!
- Breakfast Casserole with Potatoes and Ham << This is one of my absolute FAVORITES! We make it every year at Christmas.
- Cheesy Overnight Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
- Cheesy Overnight Bacon and Egg Breakfast Casserole
- Eggs Benedict Casserole <<this is a reader favorite!
- Overnight Bacon and Asparagus Breakfast Casserole
- Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole:
- Green Chili and Cheese Egg Bake from Recipe Girl. << I love this recipe and have made it at least 4 times.
- Spinach and Mozzarella Egg Bake from Kalyn’s Kitchen
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Sausage Gravy Casserole with Biscuits
Ingredients
For the sausage gravy:
- 1 pound bulk breakfast sausage, hot or mild
- 1/3 cup flour
- 4 cups whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1 & 1/2 – 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
For the egg mixture:
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- pepper, to taste
- 1 can Pillsbury Grands Biscuits
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
Instructions
- In a large skillet, brown the sausage over medium-high heat, breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low. When the sausage is cooked and no longer pink, sprinkle half of the 1/3 cup flour on the sausage and stir until it is absorbed. Add the rest a little at a time, and stir until all the flour is soaked up. Stir for 1 more minute to get the flour taste out.
- Turn the heat to medium. Pour in the milk, 1 cup at a time, stirring to thicken it up each time.
- Once you have added all the milk, continue stirring for another 10-12 minutes until the gravy has thickened up some.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt and 1 and 1/2 to 2 teaspoons pepper.
- Meanwhile, mix together the eggs. Break the eggs into a large bowl or stand mixer and whisk. Add 1/2 cup milk, 3/4 teaspoons seasoning salt, mustard, paprika, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste.*
- Grease a 9×13 inch casserole dish. Open the can of biscuits and separate all the biscuits. Use scissors to cut each biscuit into 4 pieces.
- Drop the quartered biscuits onto the prepared pan and spread them out evenly.
- Pour the egg mixture over the biscuits.
- Sprinkle with 1 cup cheese.
- Pour the gravy over the cheese and spread it out.
- (At this point you can cover tightly and refrigerate overnight).
- Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for about 38-45 minutes if you are making is right away.
- If you have just taken it out of the fridge, cover with aluminum foil.
- There is no need to preheat the oven first. Just put it in the oven and turn it on to 350 degrees.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, then remove the foil. Continue baking for another 15-30 minutes, or until the biscuits have browned and the sauce is bubbly. (45-60 minutes total if it’s been in the fridge overnight).
I’m wanting to make this to take camping this week for the 4th of July. My plan was to make it and another of your breakfast casseroles tomorrow and then refrigerate (cooked) and reheat on the day we need it (Weds, Thurs, or Fri). Have you done this before? Do you think it’ll reheat well after sitting in the fridge a few days?
Hey Ashley! Yes I think that’s a great option for camping. How are you planning to reheat it? I went camping a few months ago and baked an egg casserole before we left. On the day we wanted to eat it I used coals to heat it up, just like Dutch oven cooking. I had baked it in a disposable aluminum pan and then wrapped it several times in heavy duty foil. (Because we put coals on the bottom and on the top.) Let me know how it goes! Happy fourth!
Can you substitute almond milk for the whole milk?
Hey Ashley! I haven’t tried that. I THINK it would work. Do not leave out the flour obviously. It will be a lot less rich. I can’t guarantee it will work because I haven’t tried it. Let me know how it goes!
This was great! I made it for a brunch for five of us, and we almost finished it off. And this is in NYC, where people are not exactly used to sausage gravy! Served with a fruit salad and mimosas, and mini-tarts for a completely unnecessary dessert.
I baked it in a deep oval dish that I recently inherited, which worked fine but definitely bumped up the cooking time. You had to dig a little to get at the biscuits, but it was worth it.
Thanks much!
There’s always room for dessert I say :) I’m so glad the recipe was a hit! Thanks for coming back to comment, it means so much to me! Happy New Year!
I made this the night before Christmas and then baked it Xmas morning— the house smelled sooooooo amazing and all our family (there was 11 of us) LOVED this casserole. It was fantastic! There were zero leftovers which means I’ll just have to make another one because I’m a huge biscuits and gravy for breakfast kind of person. THANK YOU!
Yummy, that is a GREAT idea!!
This is my first time visiting your awesome blog. This sounds like something I definitely want to try though I’m not fond of canned biscuits. They taste … canned. Bisquick biscuits are a snap; have you tried the recipe using a fresh batch? Any reason they wouldn’t work?
Thank you for the compliment Rich! That is such a good idea with the Bisquick. I generally am not overly fond of pre-packaged food like biscuits, but I also know that I would rarely make this if I had to make the gravy AND the biscuits from scratch. So I picked one (gravy) and went with it. But I really like the idea of doing bisquick. I think it would work great. I would pat out the dough and not even bother cutting it into rounds; just use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into 1 and 1/2 or 2 inch pieces (roughly the size of a biscuit quartered) and throw them in the pan. Let me know how it goes Rich! Great idea!
Looking over the spices, I have a quick question, by mustard, do you mean dry mustard? I’m assuming but wanted to double check. I making this for the ward christmas party tomorrow. What better way to try a new recipe?
It was delicious! I need that gravy in my life on a regular basis.
Right Nancy? It’s so good! Thanks for the review!
Now I’m dreaming of an edible world. I’ll start with this dreamy, creamy casserole. Because, gravy and carbs.
Wouldn’t that be awesome though?? No more hunger. Although the obesity rate would skyrocket, haha. Thanks Jennie!
hahaha Charlotte’s answer!!! She definitely wins!!
PS this casserole looks so so good.
Oh my! My parents are coming to visit over Christmas and I will have to make this for them. It looks so homey and comforting.
This is kind of amazing!!!
Did Charlotte really say “edible”? She’s 4 for goodness sake. What are you guys reading to her? The dictionary?
Ok now we have to make this too when you guys are here! We will need to have about 6 meals a day (breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies anyone?😉) in order to make and eat all the food we want!
I love biscuits and gray, and this is such a great idea. I really like the idea of having this on Christmas morning. And that gravy sounds crazy good!
Every year I try to come up with a new overnight casserole for Christmas morning. I have found it for 2015! Thanks so much for posting this.
Awesome Susan! That is such a good idea to do a new casserole every year! We have a tradition on Christmas Eve where we do a different ethnic food every year (Italian, Filipino, German, etc.) Sometimes the tradition is trying something new :) I hope you guys love it!
I am not a biscuit and gravy person, but my husband and my dad LOVE them and request them every Christmas–I will have to make this for them to make Christmas morning easier!