This Sausage Ball Recipe with Cream Cheese is a much-loved classic hors d'oeuvres. Loaded with hearty flavors, these comforting balls of cheesy-sausage goodness are easy to make and a delicious appetizer for your holiday party, Super Bowl, graduation or movie night!
Next time try Italian Stuffed Mushrooms - so yummy and easy to make!
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Why you'll love this recipe
✔️ The best thing is you only need 4 simple ingredients to make this easy appetizer
✔️ These are the best sausage balls and can be enjoyed as a snack, party appetizer, or used to bulk up a main meal.
✔️ This recipe makes 50 delicious appetizers! Store half away for later use or double the recipe when hosting a large event.
✔️ Can be served warm or at room temperature.
Ingredients
For the exact measurements, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- ground sausage - you can use a variety of meat for this recipe. Ground turkey or chicken, spicy sausage or mild Italian sausage, even Jimmy Dean pork hot breakfast sausage!
- Bisquick Mix or Pancake Mix - either will work.
- cream cheese - pimiento cheese, or low fat cream cheese.
- Montreal steak seasoning - you can substitute ranch dressing mix or Italian dressing mix.
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions for the sausage cheese balls. For the complete directions just scroll down to the bottom!
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add all ingredients to a medium mixing bowl - mix by hand or using your kitchen aid mixer with a paddle attachment.
- Using a small cookie scoop, shape sausage mixture into about 50 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven until lightly golden and firm, 12 to 14 minutes.
- Cool on baking sheet. Serve warm and enjoy these delicious appetizers!
Equipment
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- 2 Baking sheet set.
- small cookie scoop - it makes the perfect size balls plus this set is a great value.
FAQ's
Yes! Place the frozen raw sausage balls in the oven at 350F and increase the cooking time by 2-4 minutes.
Pork is naturally fatty so if you do opt to use leaner meat such as ground chicken or ground turkey, it will alter the taste slightly but will still be delicious!
This depends on what baking mix is used. There are gluten-free Bisquick options as well as gluten-free pancake mix options to choose from in-store and online.
Tips
- If you are taking these cheesy sausage balls to a BBQ, add them to a foil pan and reheat them on the grill.
- Line your baking tray with aluminum foil to make clean up a breeze!
- You can use a cookie scoop when assembling the sausage balls. Uniform-sized balls will bake more evenly. Have a mug of warm water to dip the cookie scoop into - this will help prevent excess the meat mixture from sticking.
- Lightly oil your hands when rolling the sausage balls. It will keep them from sticking to your hands.
- Keep them snack-ready for your party by placing the sausage balls in a slow cooker on low or warm.
Variations
- For a kick of heat, use spicy pork sausage or jalapeño pimento cheese.
- Ground chicken, beef, or turkey can be used instead of ground pork.
- Add a cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese or pepper jack for more cheesy goodness!
- You can make smaller or larger sausage balls with this recipe but then you’ll need to adjust the cooking time.
Storage
Refrigerate - The cream cheese sausage balls store well in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Freezer - Transfer these sausage balls (cooked or uncooked) to a tray to flash freeze and then store them in a Ziploc bag or airtight container for up to 3 months.
Reheat - Leftover sausage balls can be reheated at 300F for 30 minutes in a covered baking dish in the oven.
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Serve with
You can serve them plain, with a side of ranch dressing, honey mustard or marinara sauce. Here are more favorite dippers!
- Alabama White BBQ Sauce - YUM! This tangy sauce is my favorite pairing.
- The Cilantro Garlic Sauce makes for a close second - SO GOOD!
- Homemade Plum BBQ Sauce - a sweet, delicious condiment, if you prefer a traditional barbecue sauce, I'd recommend this!
To make a main meal from these sausage balls, consider serving them over freshly steamed rice or noodles like my Spicy Sesame Noodles with a side of Roasted Broccoli.
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Sausage Ball Recipe with Cream Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork sausage
- 2 cups Bisquick or pancake mix
- 8 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon Montreal steak seasoning
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.
- Shape meat mixture into about 50 (1-inch) balls and place on baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven until lightly golden and firm, 14 to 17 minutes.
- Cool on baking sheet. Serve warm and enjoy!
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