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Forget the usual biscuits and gravy, this version takes everything you love and turns it into a hearty casserole. Creamy sausage gravy, buttery biscuits, and zero stress.

Casserole dish with biscuits and gravy casserole baked to perfection and a wooden spoon taking a scoop out.Casserole dish with biscuits and gravy casserole baked to perfection and a wooden spoon taking a scoop out.

A Reader’s Review

My family loves this recipe! It’s our new Christmas morning breakfast, and I also make it for dinner. Thanks so much for a yummy, easy recipe!

– Dottie

Your New Favorite Biscuits and Gravy Upgrade

  • Flavor Packed: Baking the biscuits in the gravy gives you buttery bottoms, golden tops, and the best flavor in every bite.
  • Simple Brunch Idea: Fancy enough for holidays but easy enough for any morning. It feeds a crowd, stays warm, and everyone will love it!
  • Southern Classic: You’ll get all the flavor of the classic in a casserole! Brown the sausage, layer it up, and bake! It’s comfort food made simple.

Biscuits and Gravy Casserole Ingredients

Overhead shot of labeled ingredients.Overhead shot of labeled ingredients.
  • Biscuits: Pre-made biscuits make this quick and easy, but homemade biscuits also work. Cook them with the sausage and gravy, whole or cut into pieces.
  • Sausage: Use your favorite flavor of sausage. You can use turkey, chicken, or even spicy sausage.
  • Custom: Add mushrooms, cooked bacon, or shredded cheese to the sausage gravy for some pizazz!

How to Make Biscuits & Gravy Casserole

If you love biscuits and gravy, you’ll love the casserole version! Rich sauce with buttery biscuits baked together for a simple, hearty breakfast or dinner!

  1. Prep: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray a 9×13 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together all purpose flour, kosher salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper.
  2. Cook Sausage: Add the breakfast sausage to a large skillet over medium high heat, cook and crumble until no longer pink.
  3. Make Roux: Add the unsalted butter to the pan and melt. Whisk in the flour mixture, stirring until coated.
  4. Add Milk, Cream, & Simmer: Slowly add the whole milk and whipping cream. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the gravy has thickened.
  5. Add Gravy to Baking Dish: Pour the gravy into the prepared 9Ă—13 pan.
  6. Add Biscuit Pieces & Bake: Add the cut biscuits to the sausage gravy mixture, then bake for 20-30 minutes, or until the biscuits are golden brown.
Seasonings and flour in a small bowl.Seasonings and flour in a small bowl.
Sausage cooking in a skillet.Sausage cooking in a skillet.
Flour mixture spread over the cooked sausage.Flour mixture spread over the cooked sausage.
Milk and cream added to the sausage and flour mixture.Milk and cream added to the sausage and flour mixture.
Sausage gravy added to the bottom of the baking dish.Sausage gravy added to the bottom of the baking dish.
Pieces of the cut up biscuits on top of the sausage gravy.Pieces of the cut up biscuits on top of the sausage gravy.

Make Ahead Instructions

When you make this ahead, you can wake up, pop the biscuits and gravy casserole in the oven, and enjoy a hot breakfast without the morning rush.

  1. Assemble the casserole (according to the instructions up to the point where you are supposed to bake it) the night before.
  2. Refrigerate covered overnight.
  3. Bake as directed, but add an additional 10–15 minutes in the morning to make sure it is heated through.

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  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray a 9Ă—13 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

  • In a small bowl, whisk together ÂĽ cup all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion powder, and ½ teaspoon black pepper.

  • Add 1 pound ground breakfast sausage to a skillet over medium-high heat, cook and crumble until no longer pink. Add 2 tablespoons unsalted butter to the pan and melt. Whisk in the flour mixture and stir until coated.

  • Slowly add 2 ½ cups whole milk and ½ cup whipping cream. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the gravy has thickened.

  • Pour the gravy into the bottom of the prepared pan. Add 1 tube Pillsbury Grand Biscuits, cut into quarters on top of the sausage and gravy mixture, and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown.

Store, Reheat, Make Ahead, Instructions + Biscuit Recipe Link
  • Fridge: Store leftovers up to 4 days in the pan covered with foil or in an airtight container.
  • Freezer: Freeze up to 2 months in a freezer-safe container. Thaw in the fridge overnight before baking.
  • Reheat: Warm in the microwave or bake at 300°F until heated through.
  • Make Ahead: Assemble the night before, refrigerate, and bake 10–15 minutes longer in the morning to heat through.
  • Biscuit Recipe Link: You can make homemade biscuits with this recipe.

Calories: 371kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 13gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 86mgSodium: 642mgPotassium: 336mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 616IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 149mgIron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Bowl with a serving of biscuits and gravy casserole.Bowl with a serving of biscuits and gravy casserole.

More Breakfast or Brunch Ideas

You can turn any breakfast into a dinner or a hearty brunch. Serve with Lemon Poppyseed Muffins, or Cinnamon Coffee Cake, and Honey Lime Poppyseed Fruit Salad for the perfect meal.