Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Sausage Brunch Braid

Delicious!! You can make the sausage mixture up ahead of time (even freeze it!) so your morning work is cut down significantly.

~From my friend Michele

  • 1# bulk breakfast sausage
  • 1/2 c chopped onion
  • 1/4 c chopped celery
  • 1/4 c chopped green or red pepper
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 (3 oz) pkg cream cheese
  • 2 T chopped green onion tops, optional
  • 2 T minced parsley
  • 1 tube crescent rolls
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten (if desired)

In a skillet, cook sausage, onion, celery, green pepper and garlic until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender.  Drain.  Add cream cheese, green onion tops and parsley.  Cook and stir over low hear until cheese is melted.  Set aside.  Unroll crescent dough on a greased baking sheet.  Press perforations together.   Roll into a 12x10 in rectangle.  Spoon sausage mixture to within 3 in of long sides and 1 in of ends.  On each long side, cut 3/4 inch wide strips 3 inches into center.  Starting at one end, fold alternating strips at an angle, forming a braid.  Brush dough with egg if desired. 

Bake at 350 for 20-25 min or until golden brown. 

Yields 8-10 servings.

2 comments:

Kootenay Annie said...

I just wanted to let you know you title fulltummies really hit home to me. Years ago I used to have foster children, and one little girl was brought to me in a kind of a rush. I was making fresh buns and just taking them out of the oven when she came. So I sat her and my daughter down to milk and a fresh hot buttered bun with homemade strawberry jam, while I visited with her worker. A couple of hours later my husband came home from work and as was our way it was payday and we went grocery shopping and stopped for a hamburger, and milk shake on the way home ( that used to be our big treat out every second friday!). Well this little girl ate her hamburger and 1/2 of my daughter's and drank a full sized chocolate milk shake , she and my daughter were both 4 years old. On the way home she said to both of us "It sure is nice to have a full tummy".
So everytime I read your blog I am reminded of her. She only was with us a couple of months, and of course we never knew how things went when she went home, but for years I have prayed she has a full tummy. So thank you for the memories.

Betsy said...

I got notice of the following comment supposedly for this post via email. Since it's not here, I thought I'd copy and paste because it's rather heart-warming:
I just wanted to let you know you title fulltummies really hit home to me. Years ago I used to have foster children, and one little girl was brought to me in a kind of a rush. I was making fresh buns and just taking them out of the oven when she came. So I sat her and my daughter down to milk and a fresh hot buttered bun with homemade strawberry jam, while I visited with her worker. A couple of hours later my husband came home from work and as was our way it was payday and we went grocery shopping and stopped for a hamburger, and milk shake on the way home ( that used to be our big treat out every second friday!). Well this little girl ate her hamburger and 1/2 of my daughter's and drank a full sized chocolate milk shake , she and my daughter were both 4 years old. On the way home she said to both of us "It sure is nice to have a full tummy".
So everytime I read your blog I am reminded of her. She only was with us a couple of months, and of course we never knew how things went when she went home, but for years I have prayed she has a full tummy. So thank you for the memories.

(From "Kootenay Annie")