How to Make Sausage Kolache Recipe

Texas Sausage Kolaches (Klobasneks)

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Recipe Summary Texas Sausage Kolaches (Klobasneks)

I grew up in Central Texas, where kolaches and sausage kolaches (also called klobasneks) were plentiful. Every donut shop and bakery had them. Then I moved to Seattle, where nobody had heard of them! I couldn't find a decent recipe online. Everything I tried didn't turn out as fluffy, sweet, and heavenly as the kolaches I know and love. I cobbled together this recipe for what I think is the perfect sausage kolache.

Ingredients | Sausage Kolache Recipe

½ cup milk

½ cup white sugar

1 teaspoon salt

¼ cup unsalted butter

2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast

½ cup warm water

2 large eggs, beaten

4 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 (8 ounce) smoked breakfast sausage links (such as Eckrich®)

1 (8 ounce) package sharp Cheddar cheese

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Directions

Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until it begins to bubble. Remove from heat immediately. Stir sugar, salt, and 1/4 cup butter into the milk and stir until sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes.

Combine warm water and yeast in the large bowl of a stand mixer and stir until dissolved. Stir in cooled milk mixture, eggs, and 2 cups flour. Beat using the dough hook attachment until smooth. Add remaining flour, mixing as you go, just until dough is elastic and slightly stiff, but not dry.

Turn dough out onto a floured board and knead until smooth and very elastic, 10 to 15 minutes. Coat dough lightly with butter or oil and place in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel and let sit in a warm place to double in size, about 1 hour.

Meanwhile, cut sausages in half and pat dry; this is important. Thinly slice Cheddar cheese block from the short end so that each slice of cheese is about the same length as the halved sausages.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil a baking sheet.

Turn risen dough out onto a very lightly floured board. Roll into a log, cut into 5 equal pieces, and cut each piece into quarters to make 20 equal-sized pieces of dough. Use the palm of your hand to flatten and press 1 piece into a circle or oval. Place the circle on the board and add 1 piece of Cheddar cheese topped with 1 dry halved sausage. Roll dough around fillings and very tightly pinch all seams together to seal. Smooth seams down and place kolache on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling to make 20 kolaches.

Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

Info | Sausage Kolache Recipe

prep: 45 mins cook: 15 mins additional: 1 hr 10 mins total: 2 hrs 10 mins Servings: 20 Yield: 20 servings

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