Breakfast is my favorite type of food. If I could, that’s probably all I’d eat some days—eggs, bacon, hash browns, pancakes, etc. But I usually don’t have the time or energy to do more than pour myself a bowl of cereal in the mornings.
Then one day, my mom pointed out something called Banquet Morning Bakes while we were getting groceries. They sounded and looked wonderful, so I had to try one.
Not only did they look tasty, but they looked super easy to make. All you need to add is water.
First, I tried the Cheesy Ham and Hash Browns. I thought it would be hard to mess up something as easy as hash browns with ham and cheese. But the flavor fell flat for me with this one. It also made me sick to my stomach. Take that lightly though, I have some serious belly issues that I’m going to have checked out by a doctor next month.
Anyways, after that debacle, I was leery of trying the other two flavors. If it wasn’t for my love of biscuits and gravy and a friend of mine telling me how good it was, this box of goodness wouldn’t have found its way into my shopping cart.
While this one does require a tad more work than the other one, it’s still super easy and only requires water. While preheating the oven, you mix 1/2 cup of water with the biscuit mix. Then, you pour the can of gravy in your pan. Finally, you put spoonfuls of your biscuit dough on top of the gravy before putting it in the oven.
Naturally, mine didn’t look anything like the pretty biscuits Banquet was able to make on the box. But this is probably because I just threw lumps of dough on top instead of trying to make even biscuit shapes.
After thirty minutes, I had a delicious looking pan of bubbling gravy topped with golden biscuit blobs.
And…it actually was delicious! In fact, I went back for seconds. The biscuits were thick with that perfect fluffy inside and crunchy crust, and the sausage gravy had a great flavor to it.
My only complaint is the biscuit to gravy ratio. I like a lot of whatever can be considered sauce in meal (so, in this case, the gravy). I think, the next time I make it, I’m going to buy an extra can of gravy to add to my pan of deliciousness.
It’s highly doubtful that I’ll try the ham and hash browns again, but I might just have to try the Biscuits and Chicken version after having had this one.
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