Creamy Biscuits and Gravy

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 16 ounce bulk pork breakfast sausage jimmy dean® (such as )
• 0.3 cup butter 
• 1  eggs beaten
• 12 fluid ounce evaporated milk canned
• 0.3 cup flour all-purpose
• 10 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 0.7 cup milk 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup shortening 
• 1.5 cups water 
• 1 tablespoon sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• pastry cutter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
2. Whisk 2 cups flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a bowl; cut shortening into flour mixture with a pastry cutter until mixture is crumbly.
3. Mix in egg and milk until incorporated. Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface and knead for 1 minute.
4. Roll dough out to a thickness of 3/4 to 1-inch thick, cut with a biscuit cutter, and place biscuits onto prepared baking sheet.
5. Brush tops of biscuits with melted butter.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
7. Cook and stir sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes.
8. Drain excess grease. Stir 1/4 cup butter into sausage until butter has melted and mix in 1/4 cup flour until thoroughly combined.
9. Pour evaporated milk and water into sausage mixture, bring gravy to a simmer, and reduce heat to low; simmer gravy until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season gravy with salt and black pepper to taste.
10. Serve biscuits with sausage gravy.