Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Holiday Breakfast Braid

A perfect holiday breakfast treat...





Ingredients

1 sheet of Crescent Roll Dough
4 Whole Eggs
3 Egg Whites
3/4 cup diced Green and Red Peppers
1/4 cup diced Onions
1 cup diced Turkey Kielbasa (or your favorite breakfast meat)
1/2 cup cubed Swiss and Cheddar Cheese
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 Egg for Egg Wash
Salt and Pepper to taste





1.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2.  Wisk together 4 whole eggs and 3 egg whites.




3.  Add butter to a skillet and melt it.  Then Add the peppers, onions, and kielbasa and Cook for a couple of minutes.

4.  Add the eggs to the skillet and Cook thoroughly.  Season with salt and pepper.




5.  Place egg mixture in a bowl and let cool.

6.  When mixture is cool, Add cheese cubes and Stir until combined.




7.  Roll out the crescent roll dough a bit so that it stretches out thinner.  

8.  Cut 1 inch strips along the sides of the dough, leaving about 4 inches down the center of the pastry.  Make sure you have an even number of cuts on each side.




9.  Place your egg mixture in the center of the crescent roll dough.

10.  Take a strip from each side of the dough and Fold it over the egg mixture.  Then fold a strip from the opposite side of the dough over and continue this pattern to form the braid.




11.  Beat an egg and then Brush the dough with the egg wash.




12.  Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.




13.  Enjoy!






***Bonus Clip - "Egg White Blooper"

When the egg white doesn't want to cooperate while filming...






For a printable version of this recipe, go here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jYqGuN9K6FyaK5ssMjxp86hIrwz_KlLkuaI8RTuKO9c/edit?usp=sharing