Delicious Breakfast Sausage Recipe
This is a deliciously sweet breakfast sausage recipe that will be very popular with your family. Make it in your favorite well seasoned skillet. It’s very easy to put together with very few ingredients.
This is a good camping breakfast. Make the patties ahead of time, and freeze them. They can be kept in the cooler until you’re ready to make cook them. Perfect for over a fire in a skillet, or for grilling.
Of course, they are also perfect at home served with eggs, pancakes, or waffles. The sweetness from the maple and the apple gives this a delicious flavor that will be a hit with your family.
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Maple Breakfast Sausage
Equipment
- cast-iron skillet
- spatula
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb ground sausage
- 1 small apple – peeled, cored, and grated tart variety. Granny Smith or Cortland
- 1 Tbsp maple syrup use real maple syrup for best results
- 1 tsp dried sage
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 3/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
Instructions
- Combine ingredients, except for the vegetable oil, in a suitable container. Save the oil for cooking time. Divide into 12 equal portions, roll into balls and flatten into patties about 1/2 inch thick. Press down the top of each patty to make a dimple. This prevents the patties from rising in the middle and shrinking when they are cooked. This step can be completed at home prior to your camping trip, and the patties can be frozen.
- For your camping trip, you will only need the prepared patties and the vegetable oil. Preparation will require the skillet a spatula and something to serve the patties on.
- Preheat a cast-iron skillet over the fire or on your camp stove. Add 1 Tbsp of oil and let it heat up before adding 6 of the sausage patties. Cook 3-5 minutes per side, or until cooked through. Set them aside on a paper plate and cover to keep warm. Add the remaining oil and cook the remaining patties, and serve.