Biscuits

Ingredients (per sandwich)

• 1 Prepared Pillsbury® Grands™ biscuit (Or… make them from scratch)
• 1 Smithfield® Restaurant-Style sausage patty (or similar)
• 2 teaspoons McDonald’s biscuit dressing (see below)

Sausage and Egg Biscuit

Same as above, plus one grade A large egg

Sausage McMuffin

• 1 Thomas's® English muffin
• 2 teaspoons melted butter
• 1 slice real American cheese

Sausage McMuffin with Egg

Same as above, plus one grade A large egg

The Sausage

The type of sausage patty used at McDonald's is pre-cooked and frozen. On the east coast there is a near perfect clone available at your supermarket: Smithfield® Brand Restaurant-Style sausage patties. The ingredients match up almost perfectly. I'm sure there are other "regional" brands that match up, just check the label and compare with the ingredients listed for the McDonald’s sausage patty

McDonald’s Sausage Ingredients: Pork, water, salt, sage, spices, corn syrup solids, dextrose, sugar, pepper, monosodium glutamate, flavorings, BHA propyl gallate, citric acid.

McDonald’s Biscuits

From Scratch:

• Yield: 8 biscuits
• 2 tablespoons margarine, melted and divided
• 2 cups Bisquick baking mix
• 2/3 cups buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Combine the baking mix, buttermilk, sugar, salt, and half of the melted margarine in a medium bowl. Mix until well-blended.
3. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead for about 30 seconds, or until dough becomes elastic.
4. Roll dough to about 3/4 inch thick and punch out biscuits using a 3 inch cutter. Arrange the punched-out dough on an ungreased baking sheet, and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the biscuits are golden on top and have doubled in height.
5. Remove the biscuits from the oven and immediately brush each one with a light coating of the remaining melted margarine. Serve warm.

From a Box

I suggest using Pillsbury® Grands™ ready to bake biscuits. Find them in the refrigerated section at your favorite supermarket. You could make them from scratch, but the whole idea of fast food is convenience. That applies at home too, and these are close enough.

Bake the biscuits in advance according to the package directions. With one exception: Half way through baking, brush each biscuit with a small amount of melted butter.

Depending upon how many biscuits you'll need, you can bake them all at once (8) or just do half, and refrigerate the rest.

The subtle flavoring comes from the biscuit dressing and the way it blends with the other ingredients.

McDonald’s Biscuit Dressing

• Soybean oil based cooking spray (like Pam®)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/16 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/16 teaspoon Jolly-Time® buttery seasoning (look near the popcorn at the supermarket)
• 5-6 drops lemon juice from concentrate

In a very small container, spray the cooking spray for 10-12 seconds. (you'll get about 2 teaspoons after the froth dies down) Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Set aside until biscuit time. (this amount of biscuit dressing is enough for only one sandwich, so you might want to double or quadruple it if you're making 2-4 biscuit sandwiches)

Preparing your Sausage Biscuit

1. Bake the biscuits according to package directions.
2. Pre-heat an electric griddle to 400°. When it is ready, place the desired number of frozen patties on the surface. After 20 seconds, sear each of them thoroughly. (They should squeak, almost squealing like a pig when you do this)
3. After 2 minutes, turn the patty(s) over. Cook another 2-3 minutes.
4. Cut or break your baked biscuit(s) evenly down the middle, and put 1 teaspoon of your McDonald’s biscuit dressing on each half - evenly dispersed.
5. When the sausage is done, put it on the bottom biscuit, add the top, and wrap tightly in a 12"x16" sheet of waxed paper.
6. Let stand 5 minutes, then microwave (still wrapped) for 15-20 seconds.

Sausage Biscuit with Egg

Simply prepare everything the same as above, and follow the Egg McMuffin cooking instructions for the egg.

Sausage McMuffin and Sausage McMuffin with Egg

For a plain Sausage McMuffin®, toast the English muffin as described in the Egg McMuffin® recipe. Add a teaspoon of melted butter to each toasted half instead of biscuit dressing. For a sausage McMuffin® with Egg, follow the Egg McMuffin® cooking directions, and use the sausage patty in place of the Canadian bacon.