Gently indent the top of the dough with your thumb, fairly deep. Place the little pinky size smoked sausage link (could be a spicy sausage link, or could add cheese and/or jalapeno with the sausage link, too) in the indent and fold the kolache over the sausage and seal. Bake in 425 oven for 10- 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Use the palm of your hand to flatten and press 1 piece into a circle or oval. Add 1 piece of Cheddar cheese topped with 1 sausage half. Roll dough around fillings and very tightly pinch all seams together to seal. Smooth seams down and place kolache on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling to make 20 kolaches.
Store sausage kolache in the fridge for up to 5 days and pop them into the microwave for 20-30 seconds to heat them up. Not only are sausage kolaches great grab-and-go breakfast for busy mornings, they make great snacks for kids’ lunch boxes as well. Pat dry sausage before wrapping it with dough.
We have been using Rhodes for years (check out these Cheesy Garlic Rolls using the same Rhodes dough!) and recently discover that it makes the best Sausage Kolaches as well…and the rest as they say, is history. Sausage Kolache the Rhodes way is how we do sausage kolache is our household these days! so convenient – no kneading required!