Easy Sausage Cheese Bread

Easy Sausage Cheese Bread is a great choice for a fabulous make-ahead Christmas morning breakfast or brunch! Also, this versatile, tasty, and easy-to-make bread is delicious served as an appetizer with marinara sauce, or even as a light entrée with a salad.

On this fourth day of Christmas, instead of “four calling birds“, I’m bringing you this Easy Sausage Cheese Bread for my special 12 Days of Easy Christmas Recipes! Read on to find out how to make this quick three-ingredient treat.

When we have company, one of my favorite make-ahead breakfast menus is Easy Sausage Cheese Bread, Caramel Soaked French Toast, and Summer Fruit Salad with Orange Syrup. In fact, I had this same menu at a brunch for 20 we hosted for out-of-town company and family that came to help me and my husband celebrate our marriage several years ago.

It has also been part of my go-to, make-ahead Christmas Day Breakfast menu for more years than I can count. On Christmas, I usually serve Old Fashioned Southern Ambrosia instead of the summer fruit salad.

How to make Easy Sausage Cheese Bread

You will only need three ingredients for Breakfast Sausage Cheese Bread and they are a can of refrigerated french bread dough, mozzarella cheese, and sausage. That’s it!

To make the bread, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Open the can of dough and find the seam. Once you have the seam, carefully unroll the dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. You should have a rectangle.

Spread the cooked sausage evenly over the dough, then top with the shredded mozzarella cheese.

Now comes the fun part. Starting at one end, very carefully roll up the bread dough jelly-roll style as tight as you can, and pinch the ends slightly to keep the filling from oozing out. Also, make sure that the seam is under your bread log and cut a few shallow slits on the top.

Pop it in a 350-degree oven for about 30 minutes.

Once the bread is done, let it sit for about 5 minutes (if you can get your family to wait that long), and slice it into about 1 to 1 and 1/2 inch slices.

Tips:

To make this a make-ahead dish, simply cook the sausage and refrigerate it until you are ready to bake the bread.

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Easy Sausage Cheese Bread

Easy Breakfast Sausage Cheese Bread is a great choice for a fabulous make-ahead Christmas breakfast or brunch. It can also be served as an appetizer or snack.

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Course

Appetizer, Bread, Breakfast/Brunch, Main Dish, Snack

Cuisine

American, Southern

Keyword

breakfast, brunch, comfort food, easy christmas recipe

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

6 servings MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 1 can refrigerated French Bread Dough I used Pillsbury
• 1 lb ground pork sausage I used Jimmy Deans Regular
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded

Course Appetizer, Bread, Breakfast/Brunch, Main Dish, Snack Cuisine American, Southern Keyword breakfast, brunch, comfort food, easy christmas recipe Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings 6 servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1 can refrigerated French Bread Dough I used Pillsbury 1 lb ground pork sausage I used Jimmy Deans Regular 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir frequently and break the sausage up into small crumbles. Cook for about 10 minutes or until the sausage is no longer pink. Drain well on paper towels.
3. Unroll dough into a rectangular shape on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
4. Spread the cooked sausage evenly over the dough, then top with the shredded mozzarella cheese. 
5. Starting with one long end, roll-up jelly roll style as tightly as you can. Turn seam side down and cut a few shallow slits in the top.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the bread is browned and crusty.
7. Remove from oven and let stand 5-10 minutes. Slice and serve warm.

Recipe Notes

Tips:

To make this a make-ahead dish, simply cook the sausage and refrigerate it until you are ready to bake the bread.

Nutrition Facts

Easy Sausage Cheese Bread

Amount Per Serving

Calories 470 Calories from Fat 324

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 36g 55%

Saturated Fat 16g 80%

Monounsaturated Fat 4g

Cholesterol 110mg 37%

Sodium 900mg 38%

Potassium 70mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates 27g 9%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 3g

Protein 37g 74%

Vitamin A 14%

Calcium 59%

Iron 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.