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Sausage Cheese Bread Recipe – Jason’s Favorite!

April 30, 20117 Comments

This recipe is one of Jason’s favorite recipes from childhood. When we first got married he made sure that I got the recipe from his mom. It was originally made by a Baareman family friend who lived in Spain. I made it once when we first got married, and again about a week ago. It is definitely very delicious!!!!

Sausage Cheese Bread
(Makes 2 loafs)

  • 1 pound sausage (any flavor or variety – if you want it to be spicy, you can get Hot Sausage)
  • 3/4 cup chopped red pepper (you can substitute a jar of red peppers – drained)
  • 1 1/4 cups warm water (105-115 degrees F)
  • 2 packages active dry yeast (make sure it hasn’t expired!)
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 eggs at room temperature
  • 4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 – 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Brown sausage (remove casings, if needed) and cook peppers until done, stirring to break up meat; drain, cool. If you use a jar of red peppers instead, just add to the sausage after it has been cooked and drained.

Measure warm water into a large warm bowl. Stir in year until dissolved. Add sugar, salt, seasoning, butter, 1 egg, and 2 cups flour to make soft dough. Knead 8-10 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turn to top, cover; let rise until double; about 1 hour.

Punch dough down; divide into 6 pieces. Roll each into 14×4 inch strips. Stir cheese into sausage mixture and spoon down the center of each strip. Pinch log edge together to form 14 inch ropes. Braid 3 ropes together; seal. Repeat with remaining 3 ropes.

 Place on greased baking sheet, cover. Let rise until double; about 45 minutes.

 After it’s done rising, bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes, then brush with beaten egg. Bake 5-10 more minutes until golden brown. Serve warm.

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7 Comments

  1. Kallie
    May 1, 2011,

    that looks amazing and oh so boy friendly! i usually make sausage balls for gatherings, but now i want to try and make sausage bread!!

  3. Matt
    May 14, 2011,

    Hmmm…I might want to try this out myself, although I probably wouldn't include peppers.

  4. Teresa@1800 Farmhouse Rd
    May 15, 2011,

    Yum! This sounds wonderful, and looks beautiful. I want to try this, but I don't know if mine will turn out this pretty. Oh, I am a new follower.

  6. Laura B.
    May 23, 2011,

    Thanks to our new followers! Trust me, it's not hard to make it look pretty- you'll be surprised at how easy it is!

  7. Anonymous
    June 11, 2011,

    I just finished making the dough part of this recipe. Looks delish.. The top ingredients say 4 1/4 cups flour and then the instructions you wrote says 2 cups of flour. I hope 4 was right.. LOL Let ya know how it comes out.. Thanks for sharing..
    Stacey in NY

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