Dutch Oven Biscuits and Gravy

Edited 06/13/2026 - Now we're at the back of the cookbook and working on suggestions for "emergency" cooking. This has us redoing some of the earlier recipes. We completed all the pancake variations, so today we made Biscuits and Gravy - The Bacon Version. Let's add a picture of our yummy dinner! (Who says this has to be only served for breakfast?)

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This recipe is one of the first ones in our Dutch Oven Cookbook, and since it had 16 variations, we had it a lot of times. However, because all those times were before I started this blog, I hadn't typed up the recipe yet. Michelle requested this for her birthday breakfast, so I took advantage of the opportunity to record this family favorite. (It was either this or Eggs Malagueña, and since it was a seminary morning, we opted for the quicker recipe. We also saved time by making the gravy and biscuit dough the night before and just baking it in the morning.)

Dutch Oven Drop Biscuits and Milk Gravy
(serves 4-6)

Start by browning 1/2 pound of sausage (or bacon, or both!) in your Dutch oven. Stir in 3 cups of milk.

  Combine 3/8 cup each flour and water and stir into the pot.

Bring to a boil and cook until thickened.

  Serve over Dutch Oven Drop Biscuits.

To make the biscuits, combine 2 cups flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cut in 1/3 cup shortening and stir in 1 cup milk.

  The dough will be sticky, but dump it onto a floured board and knead a few times. (This step isn't truly necessary.) Spoon into a Dutch oven and bake, uncovered, at 450° for 12 minutes. (If you only make 7 biscuits instead of 12, they'll take longer to bake.)

Cut biscuits in half and top with the milk gravy.

Delicious!

The various combinations included the gravy plain, with bacon, with sausage, with sausage and bacon over regular biscuits, and also over "pigs in blanket" which were made by forming the biscuit dough around a cooked sausage link or patty. Then we tried eight variations of Dutch Oven Eggs Goldenrod which was adding chopped, hard-cooked egg whites to the gravy and sprinkling the chopped, hard-cooked egg yolks over the whole concoction. This is definitely not a recipe for someone who's trying to lose weight!