Sausage Balls Recipe (classic with cheese)
This recipe for sausage balls is a fun first recipe for kids to cook — it’s a simple-to-understand, hands-on recipe that's hard to mess up and very forgiving for young chefs!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c biscuit mix like Bisquick
- 1 16- oz chub of breakfast sausage
- 1 c of shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 T garlic powder
- 1 T onion powder
- 1 t ground black pepper
- Optional: 1 t powdered sage
- Optional: 1 t Creole seasoning or cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Prepare a cookie sheet that has ½ inch sides (to catch oils) with cooking spray or parchment paper. Set aside.
- Prepare a heat-safe dish with a paper towel or lint-free, clean kitchen towel to hold the finished sausage balls. Set aside.
- Wash your hands thoroughly with warm soap and water.
- Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Using your hands, mix, knead, and combine the dough until it comes together into a soft ball, usually about three minutes.
- Take out half the dough and set on a plate. Put the bowl of remaining dough in the fridge while you work the other half.
- Roll into 1-inch balls with your hands, placing them about ½-inch apart on the baking sheet.
- Place sheet in oven and bake for 20 minutes. You don’t need to turn them, but they come out a bit crisper if you turn the sausage balls using tongs at the 15-minute mark, then let them continue baking for the remaining five minutes.
- Remove from oven to cool on a heat-safe surface.
- After five minutes, move the balls to your prepared dish with a towel for serving.
- Repeat steps with remaining dough, or package up for later use.
Notes
- Substitutions: No biscuit mix on hand? Replace “Bisquick” with all-purpose flour + 1 t baking powder + 1 t salt
- For a spicy kick, add 1 t (or more, you firecracker, you!) of Tony Chachere’s Original Creole Seasoning, cayenne pepper, or crushed red pepper
- Sausage balls are delicious little munchy miracle finger foods that are easy to make and easy to eat. Our traditional recipe makes 32 one-inch sausage balls, enough to eat and share (or save for later!)
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 89kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 4gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 247mgSugar: 1g
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