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Originally Posted by Kanga
Two things, in Oklahoma we had some biscuits and some white gravy, any ideas how to make these?
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This is what you call biscuits and gravy. It is generally done with a simple baking powder biscuit. cup of flour, 3 spoons of baking powder, 1/4 cup of cold solid shortening such as lard or crisco, 1 teaspoon of salt. Mix all the dry ingredients together, then using a pastry blender cut the cold shortening into the dry ingredients until it looks like rolled oats. Then slowly add milk by the table spoon until the mixture comes together. Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead a maximum of 5 times. If you knead too much your biscuits will be hard and not soft and fluffly. Then bake in a 400-425 degree oven until the tops start to turn golden brown.
The gravy is what they call a sausage gravy.
3/4 pound of sausage (fatty sausage works best for this)
4 cups of milk
4-6 tablespoons of flour
salt
black pepper
Brown sausage in skillet. As soon as sausage is completely brown, turn to medium heat. Add flour by the tablespoon, stirring constantly. Let the flour turn BROWN before adding another tablespoon (if you don't, your gravy will taste like flour). After you have added enough flour to mske the gravy as thick as you like, add milk and stir with whisk. Salt and pepper to taste.