Description
Savory cream cheese sausage balls bring southern comfort to your appetizer spread, promising irresistible flavor and crowd-pleasing appeal. Hearty ingredients meld together, creating bite-sized delights you’ll crave at every gathering.
Ingredients
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Proteins:
- 1 pound (454 grams) breakfast sausage (mild, hot, or your preferred variety)
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 1 ½ cups (170 grams) shredded cheddar cheese
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 ¼ cups (156 grams) Bisquick mix (or other biscuit baking mix)
Seasonings:
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika (optional)
Instructions
- Thoroughly blend ground sausage with softened cream cheese in a spacious mixing vessel, ensuring complete incorporation of both ingredients.
- Gently fold in shredded cheddar cheese, blending with a robust stirring motion to distribute evenly throughout the mixture.
- Incorporate Bisquick mix, creating a cohesive dough that holds together with minimal crumbling.
- Sprinkle garlic powder, onion powder, and smoked paprika across the mixture, carefully folding to distribute seasonings uniformly.
- Using clean hands or a small scoop, form compact spherical portions, rolling each between palms to create consistent bite-sized morsels.
- Arrange the sausage balls approximately one inch apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet, allowing adequate spacing for even heating.
- Position the baking sheet in a preheated oven set to 375°F (190°C), positioning the rack in the center for optimal heat circulation.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, rotating the pan midway through cooking to ensure golden-brown exteriors and thoroughly cooked interiors.
- Remove from oven when balls display a crisp, golden exterior and emit an appetizing, savory aroma.
- Allow to rest for 3-5 minutes before serving, permitting the internal temperature to stabilize and flavors to settle.
Notes
- Chill ingredients beforehand to ensure easier mixing and better texture binding.
- Use lean sausage for a lighter version that reduces excess grease during baking.
- Consider using gluten-free Bisquick mix to make the recipe celiac-friendly and accommodate wheat sensitivities.
- Allow mixture to rest for 10-15 minutes before forming balls, which helps ingredients meld and improves overall flavor cohesion.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 166
- Sugar: 0.5 g
- Sodium: 360 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 3 g
- Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg