Italian Sausage Breakfast Braid
This is an incredibly easy and delicious idea for company. There are tons of variations and it stores pretty well if you have extra. I make this all the time and have a lot of success! Spice up your weekday or weekend with this easy crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
- Pillsbury (or other) plain pizza crust
- 4 Large Eggs
- 1 Egg White
- 1 cup of your favorite cheese (I used the Mexican blend)
- 6 uncooked sausage links
- 1/2 cup diced onions
- 1/4 cup diced tomato
- garlic clove salt & pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven according to prepackaged pizza
- Unroll pizza crust and place on greased oven pan
- Cut 1inch wide strips equally on both sides of the pizza dough (as pictured) leaving 3-4in of the interior
- spread 1 cup cheese in the center of pizza dough
- saute onions, garlic, tomatoes, and sausage meat (removed from casings) until sausage is cooked
- add eggs and cook until finished
- pour mixture onto dough and braid cuts across the center to other side, sealing the ends
- spread egg white over top of braid before baking
- bake as instructed on package
Quick Notes
* You can do a lot with this recipe, it makes a great base to put your favorite breakfast components in the braid you could use bacon or some other meat as well as any vegetables or cheese in here.
