sausage kolache

The easiest sausage kolache recipe! Sometimes known as sausage rolls, cheesy sausage is wrapped around a soft pillowy bread. A popular breakfast and snack in Texas!

Texas Sausage Kolache

Rhodes yeast dinner rolls (frozen dough)

cooking spray

cheese sausage links (fully cooked)

milk

Rise

Place 12 frozen dough 2-3 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or baking mat. Spray the top of frozen dough with cooking oil and cover with saran wrap. Let it rise for 3.5-4 hours.

Pre-heat

Roll

Pat dry sausage links. Using a rolling pin, roll one risen dough into a flat rectangular/oval shape. Place one sausage link on one side of the dough.

Seal

Wrap sausage link with dough. Apple pressure to press and seal dough. Place sausage + dough seam side down on a baking sheet line with parchment paper or baking mat.

Repeat

Repeat Step 3-4 for the rest of the sausage links and dough balls. Make sure to keep them ~2 inchs apart from each other when placing them on baking sheet - you will probably need two baking sheets.

Let rolled sausage+dough sit and rise for 1 hour.

Brush

Combine egg and milk. Beat to mix well. Brush egg wash onto the top of each kolache pastry.

Bake

Bake for 15-17 minutes (middle rack) or until top is golden brown. Check at 15 minute mark to see if it is done.

Serve

Love it!  Super easy and soooo delicious!  Thank you for sharing!

Does it matter if I use the regular or Texas sized rolls? Also, any tips on adding cheese and jalapeños? Thanks!

I love love love this recipe. But I am trying to make large batches. Would they cook the same if I place them closer together to try and cut back on how many batches I have to bake? Or would this affect the way the rolls bake?

Hi there, Ive made these several times and they're very good! I miss Texas so much for the kolaches 😅 I do have a question though, I have an issue with the bottom getting black and burnt every time. 😔 do you know why this could be?

We moved out of Texas 10 years ago. Florida has a lot of great things, but they lack in good mexican food and KOLACHES! ive been trying to make my own for years. looking forward to trying this! my rhodes rolls are proofing right now! 
would you recommend eckrich smoked sausage? thats what i bought.

These are fantastic, everything is closed when I leave for work so I'm always looking for hand held breakfast items. Thanks

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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