• Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 2-1/2 quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. If you want to serve more than 6-8, you can use a 9x13 pan and double this recipe.

• Line country style (homestyle) biscuits in a single layer on the bottom. They don't have to touch each other, but if they do, that is fine.

• Heat breakfast sausage in a skillet until no longer pink.

• Sprinkle cooked sausage on top of biscuits in the casserole dish.

• Add 1 1/2 cups of layered cheddar cheese on top of sausage.

• In a mixing bowl, add eggs and 1/2 cup whipping cream and whisk well.

• Pour egg mixture on top of sausage and biscuit mixture.

• Using the same skillet that you did to cook the sausage, make the gravy.

• Add butter, flour, half and half, salt and pepper and whisk well, over medium low heat.

• Heat the gravy, whisking frequently, until bubbling, thick, and smooth about 5 minutes.

• Add reserved 1/4th cup of sausage.

• Pour gravy into casserole dish and sprinkle the final top layer with remaining cheese - its ok to use as much or as little as you want, I recommend 1/2 cup shredded cheese, more if you decide to use a bigger casserole dish.

• Bake biscuits and gravy breakfast casserole for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly and center is set. Start checking around 30 minutes if your oven is really hot.

• Let casserole stand 5 minutes before serving so the casserole is easy to cut and serve.

• Serves 6-8 (one biscuit area per person)

Recipe and image courtesy of Biscuits and Gravy Casserole with Breakfast Sausage (saltysidedish.com)