Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Muffins

These tasty little bites will warm up your insides and get you ready to face the day :)

I made them with turkey sausage instead of pork or beef sausage because I like the taste, but also because there is a lot less fat and calories~do what fits you!

Ingredients needed:

1 lb. turkey sausage
1 T onion powder
3 C all purpose baking mix (Bisquick, for example)
2 C shredded cheddar cheese
3/4 C buttermilk (I used 1% organic milk and added a little melted butter)


How to:

Brown sausage in a skillet until fully cooked. 
Drain and cool. (A paper towel on a plate works just fine)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 

Combine flour, cheese, and sausage in a medium sized bowl. Add a little salt and pepper if you like. 

Make a "well" in the middle of your mixture and slowly add your milk. Fold flour mixture into the milk until well mixed. The batter will seem a little dry...that's ok! 

Spoon into muffin tins, filling to the top. 

Bake 15-18 minutes or until browned. I stopped at 12 minutes because we like our baked goods to be soft and fluffy. 


The Results:

When I pulled them out of the oven, it took about 20 seconds for the smell to reach hubby's nose. He started with "just one"...and promptly ate another one. 

Although I was afraid that the muffins were going to be dry, they really were not! You could smother these with butter if you want, but I liked them right out of the oven all by themselves. 

Delicious.