Easy Breakfast Sausage Patties Made With Ground Beef or Pork

Finding easy homemade alternatives to processed meat products is a huge win for me.  These breakfast sausage patties are great paired with pastured eggs for a protein packed breakfast to fuel your day!

Notes:

Meat- Grassfed ground beef or pastured pork is great.  I'm sure ground bison or lamb would work as well!

Seasoning- To save time, I like to keep a jar of sausage seasoning pre-mixed and ready to use in my cupboard.  I use this seasoning frequently for many recipes and having it pre-mixed saves me so much time!  If you don't want to pre-mix the seasoning, I have given the option for adding individual spices directly to the sausage patty recipe.  If you don't have 1 or 2 of the spices, don't let that stop you from trying the recipe- you probably won't even notice they are missing!

Homemade Sausage Seasoning

• 1 T. basil
• 1 T. sage
• 1 T. thyme
• 1 T. salt
• 1/2 T. cumin
• 1/2 T. ginger
• 1/2 T. marjoram
• 1/2 T. nutmeg
• 1/2 T. oregano
• 3/4 tsp garlic powder
• 3/4 tsp onion powder
• 3/4 tsp black pepper
• 3/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

Mix and store in an air tight container.

Easy Breakfast Sausage Patties

• 1 lb ground beef or pork
• 1 T. maple syrup
• 1 1/2 T. homemade sausage seasoning (recipe above) OR the following spices:

• 1 tsp basil
• 1 tsp sage
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

Mix ground meat, maple syrup and spices together to evenly combine.  Shape meat into 6-7 patties.  Heat a large skillet.  Cook patties on both sides until no longer pink in the center.  Enjoy!