Italian Sausage Bread

By pattiaroberts

Ingredients

• 1 lb. Italian sausage
• 4 oz. mozzarella cheese, grated (1 cup)
• 1 can (2.25oz.) pitted ripe olives, drained
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, snipped
• 1 teaspoon pantry Italian seasoning mix
• 2 packages (11oz.) refrigerated french bread dough
• 1 can (8oz.)pizza sauce

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 45mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat skillet over medium heat until hot. Cook sausage 6-8 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink, breaking sausage into crumbles using a spoon; drain and transfer to a bowl.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put cheese into a bowl. Chop olives and snip parsley. Add olives, parsley and seasoning mix to sausage mixture; mix well.
3. On large grooved board, unroll one package bread dough, forming a 12 x 10-inch square. Using a spreader, spread half of the pizza sauce over dough to within 1 inch of edge. Sprinkle half of the sausage mixture over sauce. Starting at front edge, roll dough into a cylinder; pinch to seal. Carefully transfer roll onto a rectangle stone. Repeat with remaining dough, sauce and filling mixture to form a second roll; place on baking stone.
4. Using bread knife, slice 8 diagonal cuts across top of each roll. Bake 25-30 minutes or until bread is deep golden brown. Slice into 1-inch slices using a bread knife. Serve hot.