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This Sausage Bread might be the most versatile recipe in your recipe box! It’s perfect as an appetizer or a weeknight dinner recipe. You can even serve it on game day or take it along on picnics or potlucks!
Sausage Bread
Crumbled sausage and cheese, cooked inside pizza dough, equals Sausage Bread, y’all!
With how versatile this Sausage Bread recipe is, you’ll always have a simple and easy recipe on hand for all sorts of occasions – and the ingredients can easily be changed up to whatever you have on hand or whatever you feel like eating.
One of the things I love most about this recipe is how versatile it is! I can almost guarantee that wherever you serve it, it won’t last long – so you might want to make two loaves! (I’m speaking from experience here.)
It’s also easy to add ingredients to make this even more filling! Sometimes, we like to add green bell peppers, onion, and mushrooms that have been sauteed in butter. Other times, we add pizza sauce – it’s a great change on pizza night! Tuck in some pepperoni instead of sausage for a new twist. Or add sausage AND pepperoni. I’m not judging. 🤩
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Sausage Bread: Ingredients & Substitutions
For this Sausage Bread recipe, you will need …
Ingredients
- ground sausage – you’ll need about a pound.
- pizza dough – the premade refrigerated kind you get from the tubes at the store. Whichever brand you like!
- mozzarella cheese – shredded to go along with your ground sausage inside the bread. If possible, I always recommend shredding your mozzarella, as the packaged kind sometimes doesn’t melt right due to preservatives. But it won’t ruin your bread if you have to use the packaged kind, so don’t fret!!
- large egg – beaten for brushing on top of the dough. That way, your bread cooks up a lovely golden brown.
How to make Sausage Bread
First, prepare your supplies. Preheat your oven to 350°F, then spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and set it aside.
Second, cook your sausage. Crumble and brown the sausage in a skillet over medium heat until it’s no longer pink. Drain if desired!
Third, prep your bread. Open the tube of pizza dough onto the prepared baking sheet and straighten the edges into a rectangle. Sprinkle cooked sausage and Mozzarella cheese over the dough, leaving about 1 inch open along the edges. Roll up the dough jelly-roll or cinnamon roll style, crimping the seam closed and sealing and tucking the ends under. (Make sure the bread is seam-side down on the baking sheet!!) Finally, brush the loaf with a beaten egg.
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Finally, bake your sausage bread. Bake the dough in your preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until the crust is golden and the bread is cooked through. Allow loaf to rest 10 minutes before slicing, then enjoy!
Sausage Bread: FAQs
It’s done in less than an hour! You’ll need 10 minutes of prep time and 30-35 minutes of cooking time.
This should make enough for eight servings or so.
Any kind of “crumble” sausage you like! Personally, I use Jimmy Dean or Johnsonville. I’ve made this with the regular Jimmy Dean pork sausage rolls and the hot Jimmy Dean pork sausage rolls. I also use Johnsonville Italian sausage, not in the casings. It just depends on our mood, what I have on hand, and what might be on sale!
I think any kind of sausage that “crumbles” is best for this bread, although you can experiment with diced sausage (kielbasa, smoked sausage, or other ring-type sausages) if you prefer. I’ve never tried it that way, but I imagine it would work fine.
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Equipment
- Silicone Pot Holder Trivet Mats – Hot Pads Spoon Rest, Multipurpose Trivet for Hot Dishers Heat Resistant Food Grade Silicone Set of 4
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground sausage
- 1 tube refrigerated pizza dough, 13.8 oz.
- 2 cups Mozzarella cheese, shredded, 16 oz.
- 1 large egg, beaten, for brushing on top of loaf
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
- Crumble and brown the sausage in a skillet over medium heat, until no longer pink. Drain, if desired.
- Open the tube of pizza dough onto the prepared baking sheet and straighten the edges into a rectangle. Sprinkle cooked sausage and Mozzarella cheese over the dough, leaving about 1-inch open along the edges. Roll up the dough jelly-roll or cinnamon-roll style, crimping the seam closed and sealing and tucking the ends under. Make sure the bread is seam-side down on the baking sheet. Brush the loaf with beaten egg.
- Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the bread is cooked through. Allow loaf to rest 10 minutes before slicing.
Notes
- See notes in the post for possible recipe variations.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally published on April 10, 2018. Updated on February 20, 2023.
I love this recipe. I make one as this recipe calls for and one with peppers, onions, and a can of mushrooms. I use approximately 6 to 7 oz of shredded creamy melt mozzarella 😋 per loaf.
Definitely going to make this! Thinking of adding some sliced pepperoni, mushrooms and even MORE cheese! (Can’t have too much cheese😊) This looks so yummy! And sounds like a very versatile recipe ! Thanks for sharing!
I just made the Sausage Bread from your recipe and it turned out amazing! The flavors are delicious, and it was so easy to prepare. My family loved it! Thank you for sharing this fantastic dish!
This was delicious. I think 16oz of cheese is too much–and I’m from Wisconsin! I think half of that is more appropriate and shredded would be closer to 2 cups.