Cheddar Sausage Biscuits

These scrumptious Cheddar Sausage Biscuits make a tasty start to any day. Glistening with melted butter, they’re filled with breakfast sausage, fresh chives and cheddar cheese.  They’re certain to disappear in a hurry.

Ingredients to Make Cheddar Sausage Biscuits Recipe

Biscuits, otherwise known as the house bread of the South, have many faces. Classic fluffy Southern buttermilk biscuits are the gold standard. That said, there’s absolutely no reason you can’t add goodies to a classic biscuit to change the flavor and add interest. Whether you make them sweet like cinnamon swirl raisin biscuits or cheddar ranch drop biscuits or biscuits stuffed with ham and eggs the versatility of homemade biscuits is endless. When do you serve homemade biscuits? The short answer is, whether they’re sweet or savory they can be the house bread at any meal. Ingredients to make simple Sausage Cheese Biscuit Recipe: (Scroll down for full printable recipe card.)

• Sausage – One pound of pork breakfast sausage cooked, crumbled and cooled.
• Flour – Three cups all purpose flour forms the base of the biscuit dough.
• Leavening – Baking powder, baking soda and salt give lift to the dough.
• Spices – Ground mustard.
• Butter – Frozen salted or unsalted butter for the dough plus melted butter to brush the tops.
• Cheese – Two cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese or colby-jack cheese.
• Herbs – Two tablespoons fresh chives.
• Milk – Buttermilk adds moisture to the dough.

Why Do You Freeze the Butter for Making Southern Buttermilk Biscuits?

I don’t always use this technique, but chose to do so for this recipe. I like to freeze the butter and then grate it on a box grater just like cheese. Once grated, simply toss the butter shreds through the flour, rather than cutting it into the flour using a pastry blender. When using frozen butter, it melts slowly in the oven creating steam that gives lift and a tender crumb to the biscuit dough while baking.

How to Make the Best Cheddar Sausage Biscuits Recipe

• Sausage – Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until no pink remains. Set aside to cool.
• Prepare Pan and Heat Oven – Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Dry Ingredients – In a large mixing bowl, use a whisk to sift together flour, baking powder, ground mustard, salt, and baking soda.
• Grate Butter – Add butter to the flour mixture. Stir with a fork until evenly distributed.
• Add Sausage and Sharp Cheddar Cheese and Chives – Stir together to combine.
• Add Buttermilk – Make a well in the center of the flour mixture adding buttermilk. Mix thoroughly.
• Transfer Biscuit Dough to Counter – Turn out onto a lightly floured nonstick surface.
• Shape the Dough – Press into roughly a 9×9-inch square around 1-inch thick. Use a sharp knife to cut into 12 even squares.
• Transfer to Prepared Pan – Place dough squares side by side on baking sheet. Brush tops with melted butter or cream.
• Oven – Bake per the recipe until golden brown.
• Serve – Serve sausage cheese biscuits immediately brushed with melted butter.

Tips for Making Cheddar Sausage Biscuits

• Kitchen Tools You’ll Need: Large bowl, medium bowl, small bowl, whisk to sift the dry ingredients, cheese grater, measuring cups and spoons, baking pans, a sharp knife and non stick rolling surface plus a pastry brush to brush the butter on the tops before baking.
• Best Sausage to Make Sausage Biscuits: These sausage biscuits are made using pork breakfast sausage. You can use your favorite brand of mild or hot sausage like Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage or similar.
• Drain Any Excess Grease from the Pan: Depending on the brand of sausage used, there may be excess fat in the pan. Make a point to drain the fat from the cooked sausage.
• Use a Whisk for Sifting: When sifting the dry ingredients together to make Southern biscuits, it’s perfectly fine to use a whisk to sift things together.
• Use a Baking Sheet or Cake Pan: These biscuits can be baked on a sheet pan without touching, or side by side in a 9×9-inch baking pan.
• Serving Cheddar Sausage Biscuits: Can I serve these cheddar sausage biscuits with gravy? Yes, you can! You can also stuff them with scrambled eggs and enjoy them as a breakfast sandwich for a complete meal.

Why Are My Biscuits Dry?

When making Southern buttermilk biscuits, it’s important not to over mix or overwork the dough. When doing so it develops the gluten in the flour and causes the dough to be tough. This dough will need to be kneaded gently a couple of times just to bring it together, but once it comes together and smooth, it’s time to stop. If not, the overworked dough can make the biscuits tough and dry.

Recipe Variations

• Substitution for Dry Mustard: You can add 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard to the buttermilk whisking to incorporate, instead.
• Cheese Substitutions: You could swap out the cheddar cheese with swiss cheese, colby jack cheese, gruyere or pepper jack cheese.
• Sausage: You can use classic breakfast sausage, spicy sausage or sage flavored sausage.
• Chives: You could use finely chopped green onions in place of chives.
• Shape Options: As you can see, I opted to cut these biscuits into squares, instead of cutting them with a round biscuit cutter. You can make them into any shape you like, using a variety of biscuit cutters in various sizes. The choice is yours.

Storage and Leftovers

• Leftovers: Store Cheddar Sausage Biscuits in an airtight container chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
• Reheating: Reheat homemade sausage biscuits in single servings in the microwave.
• Freezer Storage: You can freeze these sausage cheese biscuits for up to 2 months wrapped in plastic wrap and then in foil. Thaw in the fridge then reheat in the microwave.

More Southern Biscuit Recipes to Make

• Perhaps you’re in the mood for Honey Butter Biscuits stuffed with ham.
• Skillet Apple Pie Biscuits can be enjoyed for breakfast, brunch or dessert.
• Another savory variation are these Cheddar Bacon Drop Biscuits.
• This recipe for Fluffy Southern Buttermilk Biscuits is the only one you’ll ever need.
• Start your day with Buttermilk Biscuits and Sausage Gravy.
• For holidays and tea time there’s nothing like a pan of light and fluffy Angel Biscuits,
• Easy Pumpkin Dog Treats for your fur baby from Love From the Oven.

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