Sausage Surprise Bundles

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 slices bacon, cooked & crumbled
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 16 ounces sauerkraut, drained
• 1/2 lb fully cooked smoked kielbasa or 1/2 lb polish sausage, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/4 teaspoon caraway seed (optional)
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 16 ounces hot roll mix
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup water (120-130*)
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, softened
• sesame or poppy seed

Recipe

• 1 reserve bacon fat& saute onion until tender in the fat.
• 2 stir in sauerkraut, sausage, brown sugar, garlic salt, caraway and pepper.
• 3 cook& stir 5 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat; add bacon.
• 5 set aside to cool.
• 6 in a bowl, combine hot roll mix& one egg, water and butter& mix to form soft dough.
• 7 turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth& elastic- about 5 minutes.
• 8 cover dough& let stand 10 minutes.
• 9 divide dough into 16 pieces.
• 10 on a floured surface, roll each piece into a 4" circle.
• 11 top each circle w/ approx.
• 12 1/4 c.
• 13 filling.
• 14 fold dough around filling, forming a ball; pinch the edges to seal.
• 15 place seam side down on greased cookie sheets.
• 16 cover w/ towels& set in warm place to rise for 30 minutes.
• 17 beat remaining egg; brush over bundles.
• 18 sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds.
• 19 bake@ 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.