Toad In The Hole

(sausages baked in batter)

Ingredients:

1 C. flour

2 eggs

1 C. milk

1/2 tsp. salt

dash pepper

1 pound small pork or soy sausages

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a small blender, combine flour, eggs, milk, salt and pepper and blend at high speed for 2 or 3 seconds. Turn off the machine and scrape down the sides of the jar. Blend again for 45 seconds. Refrigerate the batter for an hour.

Place the sausages in a heavy skillet and prick them several times with a fork. Sprinkle them with 3 tsp. of water, cover the pan tightly, and cook over low heat for 4 minutes. Uncover, increase heat to medium, and cook, turning frequently, until the water is evaporated and the sausages begin to brown in their own fat.

Arrange the cooked sausages at least an inch apart in a baking dish about 6x10 inches. Moisten them with 2 tsp. of their own drippings.

Pour the batter over sausages. Bake in the center of the oven for 30 minutes, or until the pudding rises over the top of the pan and is crisp and brown. Serve at once.