Easy Sausage Balls
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4.8
Easy Sausage Balls
Description
This recipe mixes bulk sweet pork sausage with shredded cheddar cheese, softened cream cheese, pancake mix, milk, Italian seasoning, and seasoning of salt and pepper. The batter is shaped into one-inch balls spaced apart to bake evenly at 350°F for about 20 minutes until cooked through and lightly browned. Applying melted butter to the finished sausage balls enhances moisture and shine.
The sausage balls offer a tender, cheesy bite with herbaceous notes from Italian seasoning. The use of boxed pancake mix contributes to the binding and a soft texture without requiring separate flour and leavening agents. Serving with garlic or chipotle aioli provides contrasting creamy and spicy elements.
If pancake mix is unavailable, a homemade blend combining flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar can be used as a substitute to maintain texture and rising effect.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups pancake mix boxed
- 1/2 pound pork sausage broken into small pieces, uncooked, bulk, sweet
- 1 cup cheddar cheese , shredded
- 1/2 cup cream cheese , softened
- 1/4 cup milk whole
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning homemade
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper ground
- 1/4 teaspoon salt fine sea salt
- 1 tablespoon butter , melted
- cooking spray
- garlic aioli , optional for dipping
- chipotle aioli , optional for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine boxed pancake mix, bulk sweet pork sausage, shredded cheddar cheese, softened cream cheese, milk, Italian seasoning, ground black pepper and fine sea salt.
- Gently mold into 1-inch balls and set a minimum of 1 inch apart on rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until center registers at 145 degrees and tops are lightly browned.
- Remove and baste with melted butter.
- Serve sausage balls hot with aioli dipping sauce.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
Notes
- You can make your own boxed pancake mix by combining 3 cups flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 teaspoons kosher salt, and 1 tablespoon sugar.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 88 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 88kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 24mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 175mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 54mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 157IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 61mg | 6% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.8
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