
Buttermilk Biscuits
Cut butter into small cubes. Place the butter on a plate and place in the freezer while you mix the dry ingredients. The butter should be very cold.
Preheat oven to 210°C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or nonstick foil. Set aside.
In a large bowl, add flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Whisk to combine.
Rub in the butter until it looks like coarse crumbs
Make a well in the middle. Add the cold buttermilk. Stir until dough is mixed and combined, it will be slightly sticky/tacky. If it's still really sticky, add a bit more flour!
Turn out the dough onto a floured surface (I use my counter) and pat into a rectangle about 8-9 inches long. Gently fold the right side towards the middle, then fold the left side in towards the middle as well. It should look like a trifold paper. Rotate the dough a quarter turn (it should be horizontal), then pat down into a 8-9 inch long rectangle again. Repeat the folding technique from the step above, at least 1 more time, and up to 2 more times. So 2 or 3 times total. The more folding you do, the more layers you'll have. Pat dough down into a rectangle again, about 1 inch thick.
With a 2.5 inch round biscuit cutter, push down to cut the dough and pull straight up (remember not to twist!). Leftover scraps can be combined and cut again – but no more than 2 or 3 more times.
Place the biscuits on prepared baking sheet, almost touching each other, and bake for 12-15 minutes until browned and cooked through.
After the biscuits are baked, brush tops with melted butter.
Sausage Gravy
Brown sausage in a large skillet over medium high heat, crumbling as it browns.
Leave the grease in the skillet and reduce the heat to medium low. (If you don't have much grease from your sausage, add unsalted butter to the skillet). Add in the flour, stirring to combine. Cook for 1 – 2 minutes.
Pour in the milk, one cup at a time, stirring after each addition. Cook, stirring frequently, until gravy thickens to your desired consistency.
Add salt, ground thyme and black pepper and stir to combine.
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