This year, I made these sausage strudel bites for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning, Christmas morning . . . and I may just make them again on New Year’s morning.
They’re that good.
So easy to make ahead and then bake just before eating. And oh my word, they taste fabulous. Whenever hubby needs to take something for a breakfast at work, I send these, and they always get rave reviews.
Really, this almost isn’t a recipe. It’s more instructions on how to put them together. I’m pretty sure the original idea was one I found on the package of puff pastry years ago, but I’ve come up with a few tricks that make it super simple.
Ingredients:
One pound roll of breakfast sausage.
One package of Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry sheets. This stuff is fantastic. It’s found near the frozen pie crusts.
Remove the puff pastry sheets from their package and thaw for 30 minutes.
After they thaw, roll them out to make them smooth and a little bigger. Take about one-sixth of the roll of sausage and roll it between your hands to make a snake as long as the pastry.
Cut the pastry alongside the sausage, and then roll it over, wrapping the sausage in pastry.
Using kitchen scissors, cut the rolled strudel into bite sized pieces.
They don’t have to be perfectly shaped, no one will care.
Bake in a 350 oven for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
I love to get these ready the night before and just pop them in the oven in the morning.
They’re special, they’re easy and they’re delicious.
I’m linking this up to Saving the Family Money for her Christmas morning recipe link-up.
Yummy! I gotta try this…
We loved the breakfast pockets from a few months back, btw. 🙂
I'm so glad you loved them! I need to make some more soon!
Do you have to cook the sausage first? I have breakfast sausage in my freezer!!
No, it cooks as the pastry cooks. So easy!
Excellent! Thanks Nony!
This is perfect. I'm going to Aldis where they have sausage for about $1/lb and I already have a pastry sheet in the freezer. I can make these Sat morning before I go to work since my dad will be watching the kids. Keep the good ideas coming!
Sweet! My family would love that. I would have to use the whole pig though and several of of those packages of pastry sheets to feed my family but it looks delicious!
thanks for sharing I know what I will be checking out soon I think my teens will love this
Oh that looks easy! I can do that! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this easy recipe.
Happy New Year!
~Liz
Whoa. Those look so good. I can see why you keep making them! So glad you linked these to Food on Fridays so I can experiment with that yummy goodness myself.
I just made these… they are in the oven right now! I had the thought that they look like pizza rolls and wonder if pizza crust, sauce, sausage and cheese would be good… maybe I'll try those next week.
My boyfriend is getting really tired of eating poptarts for breakfast and this is something he can take to work and pop in the microwave for breakfast.
So, in your words, Go Me!
Thanks!!
My Dad makes something called "don't call it Quiche"… basically it's scrambled eggs, bisquick, water and sausage and cheese. form into a 9×9 baking pan and cooked at 325 for 30 or 45 minutes. YUM! Even the kids love it. He serves with a side of fruit.
OH, YUM! And even the kiddos can do that!
Thanks for the idea.
Ok, dumb question. Does this end up with each sheet in three strips? For a total of six tubes of sausage dough?
Yes. Each sheet (there are two in a box) is folded over twice so it is easy to divide into three sections. So yes, six rolls that are then cut into bite sized pieces.
love the recipe will have to try this on my busy morning pinned and following from breakfast hop have a great day
Thanks for sharing this on Facebook! Our elementary school has teachers appreciation breakfast every 6 weeks or so and each grade’s parents take turns bringing in breakfast. My daughter’s turn is this Friday and this is going to be perfect!! Especially prepping the night before so it won’t add more stress to an already hectic morning. Thanks again!
In case anyone else is questioning, no, do not spray / grease your baking sheet to bake these. One less step to fuss with 🙂
(Thought I’d share after I slightly agonized over if I was messing this up and they would stick to the pan). I used a sharp pizza cutter to slice through the dough into 1/3’s and then again to cut into the pieces instead of using scissors= one less dirty utensil to wash- bonus points haha
Thanks again for sharing your talents with us!! Have a blessed day!
Great point! There’s plenty of butter in the pastry and fat in the sausage!!
Oh these were super! For twenty years I have not attempted sausage rolls in trepidation that they would not measure up to my MILs, but my hubby was eating these straight out of the oven. And so EASY!!!! TYVM!
It’s that time again!! Made this several years now. Am finally remembering to print to put in my binder. Thank you Dana!
Delicious! The whole family loved them! I heard about them from your podcasts and was excited to try them this Christmas. Thank you!
These are delicious – but don’t make them on a flat cookie sheet. As someone pointed out, you do not need to grease the pan, and in fact, grease will drip off a flat sheet into your oven!
Totally worth it, though!
I used brats, cut out of the casing, added some worchestershire sauce, and served with ketchup.
How many little bite sized pieces does 1 lb of sausage make?
Could these be made ahead and frozen? They sound delicious!