🥐🧀 Sausage and Cheese Crescent Ring
This is a simple, crowd-pleasing dish made with crescent roll dough, sausage, and melted cheese shaped into a ring. It’s great for breakfast, brunch, or parties.
📝 Ingredients
- 1 lb breakfast sausage
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 1 egg (optional, for egg wash)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
- 1 teaspoon parsley flakes (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Cook the sausage
- Brown the sausage in a skillet until fully cooked.
- Drain excess grease and let it cool slightly.
- Prepare the dough ring
- On a baking sheet, arrange crescent roll triangles in a circle with the wide ends overlapping in the center and the points facing outward (like a sun).
- Add filling
- Mix the cooked sausage with shredded cheese.
- Spoon the mixture in a ring over the wide ends of the dough.
- Form the ring
- Fold the pointed ends of the dough over the filling and tuck underneath.
- Optional topping
- Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle parsley.
- Bake
- Bake 20–25 minutes until golden brown.
🍽️ Serving Ideas
Slice like a pizza and serve with:
- Honey mustard
- Ranch dressing
- Maple syrup for a breakfast twist
⭐ Easy Variations
- Add scrambled eggs for a breakfast ring.
- Mix in cream cheese for extra creaminess.
- Add jalapeños for a spicy version.
If you want, I can also show you:
- The viral 4-ingredient sausage crescent ring
- A sausage breakfast crescent ring with eggs and gravy
- A picture guide showing exactly how to form the crescent ring.
