What’s for breakfast?

Crispy stuffed sausage cheese toast is a mouthwatering combination of savory sausage and gooey melted cheese surrounded by a crispy, crunchy golden bread exterior. This delicious recipe is quick and easy to prepare and is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack.

With only a handful of ingredients, you can make this tasty treat.

The Exterior: For the exterior, I started with a loaf of store-bought French bread.

The Stuffing: The stuffing consisted of eggs, breakfast sausage, and mozzarella cheese.

Unsalted Butter: Unsalted butter helped to make the exterior crispy, crunchy, and golden brown.

The Seasonings: The simple seasonings consisted only of kosher salt and black pepper.

The next time you’re craving something savory and flavorful, this crispy stuffed sausage and cheese toast is certain to be at the top of your list. Serve it with a simple medley of fresh fruits and orange juice on the side.

Recipe tips and tricks

• This flavorful recipe can be made ahead of time and reheated in a preheated 350°F oven for about 10 minutes. The reheating warms the stuffed toast and crisps it up again. I would avoid reheating it in the microwave if you want to retain the crispy crunch.

• I used a spoon to fill the bread rounds with the stuffing and pressed the stuffing down to ensure that it completely filled the bread round.

Crispy stuffed sausage and cheese toast

Serves: 6 1⁄ loaf of French bread 2

8 ounces of breakfast sausage 2 large eggs

1 cup (4 ounces) of shredded mozzarella cheese

1⁄ teaspoon kosher salt 4

1⁄ teaspoon freshly ground black 4 pepper

1 Tablespoon of unsalted butter

Cut six 1 1⁄4 inch slices of French bread.

With a paring knife, remove the interior of the slices, leaving about 1⁄4 inch.

Discard the interior or use it for another purpose. Set aside.

Cook and crumble sausage over medium heat until done. Drain well on paper towels. Allow the cooked sausage to cool.

Whisk together the two eggs, salt, and pepper. Add the mozzarella cheese and cooled cooked sausage; stir to combine

Melt one tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the scooped-out French bread rounds. Stuff the French bread rounds with the sausage/cheese stuffing. Cover the skillet; cook for four to five minutes.

Remove the cover. Turn the stuffed French bread rounds over. Add the remaining tablespoon of butter. Cover and cook for four to five additional minutes. Remove from the skillet and serve.

CHULA KING/SPECIAL TO TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT Toasted bread surrounds egg, sausage and melted cheese in crispy stuffed sausage cheese toast.