When I was in university my favorite treat was a sausage cheese roll from Ole Country Bakery in Brooksville, MS. This bakery was on the road between MUW & home so I’d wake up early just to get breakfast on the way. If it wasn’t early enough they were always sold out.
I live in Arkansas now so I’ve been scouring the internet for any recipe that was close. Everything I found for “sausage cheese rolls” involved a box of Bisquick and just didn’t cut it. Finally I combined a cheese biscuit recipe Trisha Yearwood and a sausage sandwich recipe from Pioneer Woman and was VERY close. I made a few changes and I’ve finally cracked it! You can tell how much I love this recipe because of how many notes are scribbled on the printout. I’ve replicated my results a few times now and I’m finally ready to share this. Huzzah!
Sausage Cheddar Biscuits
INGREDIENTS
1 Pound Sage Sausage (Cooked, Crumbled & Cooled)
12 oz Block Cheddar (Shredded)
3 Cups All Purpose Flour
5 Tsp Baking Powder
2 Tsp Cream of Tartar
2 Tsp Kosher Salt
1 Tsp Cayenne Pepper (or heaping if you like extra spicy)
1 Stick Cold Unsalted Butter, Cubed
1/2 Cup Crisco
16 oz Sour Cream
1/2 Cup Whole Milk
Optional: 1/4 Tsp Paprika (mostly for color… I usually forget this because its scribbled on the side of my notes.)
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 450 F. Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, kosher salt, cayenne (& optionally paprika) in a large bowl.
Using a pastry cutter blend in butter & shortening.
Stir in sour cream & milk.
Finish mixing with hands and roll into 18 balls (roughly 2 inches.)
Bake on parchment paper for 20-25 minutes.
You could also brush the tops with butter, but I usually forget. Now that we have a new oven (half the problem developing this recipe turned out to be our old oven slowly dying) I can usually get a good color without it.
I love to make these for holidays so there is a quick and easy breakfast for everyone. They’re also easy to throw in a ziploc bag and take to your meemaws. Warm them in the microwave wrapped in a paper towel for 30 seconds (I promise its worth it.)
This is the first original recipe I’ve ever developed so I’d love to know if you make it!
Cheers,
Sarah
P.S. These pictures could be better, but Davy is teething and this is about the best I could manage today! Maybe I’ll redo them sometime.
