Sweet Maple Sausage Gravy

So, I'm just gonna do a quick post today cause I have a ton of stuff to do, but I saw this post over on Pinterest from Lauren's Latest, and it looked awesome. She actually made her own biscuits (if you head on over there, you can get her biscuit recipe)...I did not. I just picked up some Grands.

I love biscuits and gravy, and I always drown my sausage in syrup, so this gravy recipe was perfect for me. I used the Banquet frozen sausage links cause they're my favorite, and sliced them. If you prefer your gravy to have smaller bits of meat, then just dice up the links...or you can use ground sausage. Whatever your favorite is.

Ok guys! Hope you're having a great week...it's almost Friday!!!

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'Sweet Maple Sausage Gravy'

Source: Lauren's Latest

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup pureed onion (1 whole small)

12 oz. package breakfast sausages (your favorite kind)
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3/4 cup half & half
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup maple syrup
salt & pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Saute pureed onion and breakfast sausage in large skillet over medium heat with olive oil until meat has browned completely. As the meat cooks, be sure to break apart into smaller pieces (do this if you're using ground sausage).

2. Sprinkle in flour and cayenne pepper. Stir to moisten flour and cook for 1 minute. Pour in milk and half & half. After a minute or two, gravy should start to thicken. Once it has thickened remove from heat, stir in maple syrup and salt & pepper to taste.

3. Serve over warm biscuits

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