klobasnek

Texas Kolaches! A hearty breakfast pastry made with fluffy breading around a cheesy, sausage. Skip the donut shop and make your own at home!

Texas Sausage Kolaches (Klobasnek)

milk

sugar

(2 ¼ tsp) active dry yeast

eggs (beaten)

butter

salt

all purpose flour

sausages ((full hot dog size))

Heat the milk (either briefly in the microwave or in a saucepan on the stovetop) to 110-115℉.

Pour the warm milk into a large mixing bowl for stand mixer (or bowl you will use to mix the dough). Stir in the sugar and yeast. Let this sit for 5-10 minutes until foamy.

Stir in the beaten eggs, melted butter and salt. Mix to combine.

Add 2 cups of flour and mix using a dough hook, until combined. Add in the remaining 2 cups of flour. Continue to mix, kneading the dough for 5-7 minutes. The dough should be smooth and no longer stick to the sides of the bowl. If needed add additional flour 1 tbsp at a time until dough is no longer sticking to the sides of the bowl.

Once a ball of dough can be formed, remove dough from the mixing bowl. Coat a clean bowl with a small amount of oil (any kind) place the ball of dough in the bowl and turn to coat the dough in the oil also. Cover with a clean kitchen towel. Place the bowl in a draft free spot in the kitchen, an oven or microwave (that are turned off!) are good places. Let the dough sit and rise for about an hour until doubled in size.

Cook the sausages in a large skillet on the stovetop until browned. Remove from the skillet and set aside.

Once dough has risen, punch down, then remove the dough from the bowl and divide the dough into 12 equal pieces.

Working one at a time, using your fingers press out a piece of dough into a rectangular shape that is the same width as the sausages. Place the sausage on top and roll, then pinch where the dough meets. Place this seam side down onto a large baking sheet. Place kolaches about 1 inch apart from each other. Continue until all dough and sausages have been rolled.

Cover the baking sheet with a clean towel, and let rise again for another 45 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400℉.

In a small bowl combine the egg and milk or cream for the egg wash. Whisk together.

Brush the egg wash onto the tops of the kolaches.

Bake for 15-17 minutes until the tops of the kolaches are a golden brown color.

Remove from oven and let cool briefly before serving.

An authentic Central Texas Czech recipe for homemade sausage kolaches.

Klobasnek aka Texas Sausage Kolache

water 100-110F

¼ tsp. Active Dry Yeast (1 packet)

Sugar

Milk

¼ cup shortening or butter melted

Salt

Egg Yolk

Flour

Tbsp. Butter melted (for brushing)

fully cooked breakfast sausage links

Activate yeast. Combine warm water, yeast, and 1 tsp. of sugar in small bowl. Stir and let sit for 10 minutes. Yeast should be bubbly and have doubled in size.

In a large bowl, stir together sugar, milk, melted shortening, salt and the egg yolk. Stir in yeast mixture. Add 1 cup of sifted bread flour at a time until 3 cups are added. Stir until a sticky dough starts to form.

Sprinkle the remaining ⅓ cup bread flour on a hard work surface, turn the dough out onto the surface and knead for 10-12 minutes. Dough will be sticky and elastic. Transfer dough into a lightly greased bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.

Punch dough down. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Shape dough into a 11” X 12 “rectangle. Using a pastry or pizza cutter, cut dough evenly into twelve 3” X 3” squares.

Place sausage in center of each piece of dough. You can flatten dough a little more if needed. Bring sides around sausage and pinch in the center the to form a seam. You are trying to have more dough on top than the bottom. Pull and stretch top and bottom dough around sausage and pinch to merge with center seam.

Place filled sausage kolaches seam side down on a lightly greased baking sheet at least 1-2 inches apart. Brush liberally with melted butter. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.

Bake in preheated oven at 350F for 30-35 minutes or until tops are golden brown and sausage is reheated. Remove from oven and brush with additional melted butter. Let kolaches cool for 10 minutes.

These were so good! I did everything exactly as you said and they turned out great. My Texan husband was craving them (we live in FL) and he said they tasted just like the ‘real thing’. Thank you!

These are so amazing!  The dough is so fantastic that I used the leftover to make garlic/butter rolls and couldn't be happier.  Thank you!!!

Alaine!  You are a God-send!  I never comment on blogs but I just had to because of how special this is.  I live in Florida and only get kolaches when I go visit my parents.  The closest I get is Buc-cees in North Florida, which as much as I love Buc-cees, their kolaches don't really do it for me (their BBQ is amazing though).  This recipe turned out perfectly (and I'm not really a baker).  Thank you so much for posting this!

What a great recipe! Dough was perfect, taste was great. Everyone enjoyed. Thank you!

Made these today and the family loved them! I grew up getting kolaches in West at Czech Stop and these are identical! Thank you for this recipe!

I have made this recipe 3 times recently for my Texas raised husband and they’ve turned out great all 3 times! I am often intimidated by yeast but this recipe is super easy to follow. I used a stand mixer for mixing/kneading and it worked well! This recipe is definitely a keeper 😊

Omg!!! Originally from Texas and I have not found anywhere that makes these like home so I had to use your recipe. They came out amazing!! Thank you!!!

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