Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls from Joy the Baker’s latest/greatest/AMAZING new cookbook, Over Easy. It comes out tomorrow and you’re going to looooove it.  I already spilled butter on it.

I already spilled butter on it.

 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

First recipe down:

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Dogs

Hummina hummina hummina. We have a legit crowd pleaser.

As in, we had none left.

My parents (who were part of my pleased crowd) told me they preferred the breakfast sausage to the regular hot dog/pretzel dog situation. I agree, parents!  Maybe it’s gotta do with sweet/savory combo of dipping one in maple syrup!

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Pretzel dough is wrapped in sausage, then boiled, egg-washed, salted and baked.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

And then it’s dipped in your choice of maple syrup, ketchup or mustard.

Heck, put some honey and hot sauce out while you’re at it!

Let’s gather our ingredients.

I forgot to put the egg in the ingredient shot.

It’s in the egg wash at the end….so it’s fiiiiiiiiiiiiine, Tracy.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

It’s been awhile since I put my Kitchen Aid Mixer to use!

Yeast/sugar/water/alchemy

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

So, here’s the thing. I am easily distracted. I also live with an 8-year-old who makes an unbelievable amount of noise. Sometimes when I’m measuring out flour, I lose count and then I panic.

It’s never been disastrous. Just the energy spent wondering if I lost count or not is totally unnecessary. So, this time when I was measuring out the flour, I said it out loud:

ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR

as I was going and then finished with the half cup of flour (I didn’t say half out loud).

It worked! But then I started wondering if this is a gateway to me being a person who talks to herself?

Don’t answer that.

Only time will tell.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

After the yeast gets frothy, we add the flour in with the salt and….

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

melted butter.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Man, that dough hook impresses the heck out of me.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

What a delightful dough. Maj knows the way to my heart…..BREAD.

Dough gets to rest for about two hours. That means you have like 2 hours to cook yourself some breakfast sausage (and go back to bed) for this endeavor.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

When I cooked them, I made them sliiiiiiightly undercooked only because I didn’t want them to overcook after their visit in the oven.

THEY WERE PERFECT in the final result. I don’t know if that had anything to do with it or breakfast sausage is just abnormally juicy. Did I just type that?

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Hey, dough.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

OCD dreams are made of this. Except in my OCD dream, I did a better job making each and every piece of dough look exactly alike.

That’s why it’s called a dream.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Hello, stress relief.

Thank you to my husband for snapping this photo even though you don’t like taking photos.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Wrap it around.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

They look like unicorn horns to me. Or little mummies.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Boil water! Pour in your baking soda.

Drop the pretzel rolls in, about 4 at a time. Cook for 30 seconds and then put on your prepared baking sheets.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Little plumpers.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Salt!

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

DIPPERS!

 

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

GOLDEN BROWN.

FLAKED SALT.

OMG.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

First bite.

Whoa.

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

DIP DIP DIP

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls are perfect for a weekend brunch! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

I want to have a ladies brunch/craft day where we feast from recipes from the book!  They’d also be great for a breakfast for dinner night.

Be sure to check out Joy’s new book, the Over Easy: Sweet and Savory Recipes for Leisurely Days.

Congrats on another beautiful book, maj!! ♥

Breakfast Sausage Pretzel Rolls

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makes 18

recipe from the Over Easy cookbook

  • 1 ½ cups warm water (110-115F)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2  ¼ teaspoons (1 package) dry active yeast
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted + cooled
  • 4  ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • vegetable oil, for brushing
  • 1 cup baking soda
  • 18 fully cooked breakfast sausage links
  • 1 large egg
  • flaky salt

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine the warm water and sugar. Sprinkle yeast on top and let sit for five minutes, until foamy. Add the butter, flour, and salt. Mix on low-speed until combined. Increase this feed to medium and knead for 4 minutes, until it’s smooth and pulls away from the bowl. Sprinkle with flour, cover with plastic wrap, and store and a warm place to rise until doubled in size, 1 ½ to 2 hours.

Place racks in the center and upper third of the oven and preheat to 425°F. Line rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper and lightly brush the paper with oil (the pretzels like to stick).

In a large saucepan set over medium heat bring 10 cups of water to a summer added baking soda and bring to a boil.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly oiled work surface. Divide into 18 pieces. Starting with the fingers of both hands and the center of one piece, roll it, moving your hand away from you until you have a 10-inch long rope. Wrap the dough around the sausage link, sealing the ends. Repeat for the remaining pretzels

Working in batches of four at a time, boil a few pretzels for 30 seconds. Using a slotted spatula, transfer to the prepared baking sheets. Beat the egg with a splash of water and brush the egg wash on the pretzels. Sprinkle with flaky salt.

Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until deep golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for a few minutes before serving warm.

 

  • Rachel

    Omg these look amazing. I’ve never made pretzel bread anything because the boiling then baking aspect intimidates me. I think I NEED to make these though. Thanks for sharing!

    • mary

      same here, Rachel, but these look like da’ bomb. I can’t resist dough around sausages… and then the dipping sauce?!

    • Tracy

      Everytime I make pretzel anything I’m always like
      WHY
      DON’T
      I DO
      THIS
      MORE
      OFTEN???!!!!

      It’s really so easy and this dough is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EASY with the mixer. It’s barely boiling too so that’s nice!

      • mary

        you convinced me! Bought all the ingredients and am going to give it a go tonight!

  • Rachael

    Oh my goodness these are making my mouth water, so yummy!

    Rachael xx.
    theteacozykitchen.blogspot.co.uk

  • Marty

    These look so good. Thanks for the preview. My cookbook arrives tomorrow; per Amazon!

  • Lori

    There’s something so impressive about homemade pretzels! These look amazing 🙂

  • Rachel

    OH MY GOD! I need to make these they look so good. But i’m trying to find/figure out if there is a vegetarian option instead of the sausages…. hmm

  • Rachel

    Yum! I just got my copy in the mail yesterday and I’m so excited to dive in!
    I confess, I’m already a person that talks to herself- in fact I was thinking through something and was talking loud enough at work that one of my coworkers was like “what did you say?”. Ummmm don’t mind me, just the crazy lady over here chatting with herself. 😉

  • Lindsay

    I’d love to give this a shot! Looks amazing. Did I read that right – the dough needs to knead in the mixer for 40 minutes?

    • Tracy

      Nope. 4 minutes. I did voice to text for this recipe and I can see where the errors are now! I am sorry for the mix up!

  • Ashleigh

    Tracy, what breakfast sausage did you use? I’d love to find a good brand (I could make my own but #lazy)

    My fiance will looooove these. Might have to try them this weekend!

  • Jenny

    This recipe is good for me & for breakfast. I love this and will try it.

  • Angela

    I’m trying to make these this morning, is it really 1 cup of baking soda?

  • Angela

    Oops never mind, should have read the whole recipe first. Sorry about that!

  • DKS

    Woah!! Made it last week, it was just delicious!! Evan a small thought of it makes me drool!! Will definitely be savoring this again in next few days!

  • Sarah Bishop

    Is there a way to freeze this for baking off later? Like maybe after the egg wash/salt step? Would it work? Thanks, shutterbean! Love you!

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