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Maple Sausage Sweet Potato Turnovers

Have company this weekend? Need to make a delicious breakfast? Here's what you've been looking for. Serve a sausage recipe with maple flavor and all the herbs and spices one can handle.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 lb Jimmy Dean® Maple Bulk Sausage (browned, drained, and roughly chopped)
  • 16oz or 2 pkgs puff pastry
  • 1 tablespoon water/1 egg (egg wash)
  • 3 medium sweet potatoes (baked)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground clove
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup grated gala apples
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon fresh sage minced

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°
2. Scoop sweet potato flesh from skin into a medium bowl
3. Add salt, clove, ginger, cinnamon, and honey
4. Using an electric beater, mix until well combined
5. Stir in sausage, apples, and sage
6. On lightly floured surface, use a 4-inch round biscuit cutter to cut rounds from puff pastry
7. Place a heaping teaspoon of filling on one side of each circle and fold over
8. Dampen edges with egg wash and pinch shut
9. Using a pastry brush, brush top of turnovers with egg wash
10. Place on a nonstick baking sheet, and cook for 10–12 minutes until golden brown

Yield: