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Bisquick Sausage Balls
This delicious and easy Bisquick Sausage Balls recipe is a 3-ingredient appetizer with pimento cheese, sausage, and baking mix. They're a foolproof bite-sized snack perfect for a party or tailgate!
Servings: 40
Calories: 94kcal
Ingredients
- 11-12 ounces creamy pimento cheese Palmetto Cheese preferably, see notes for alternatives.
- 1 pound pork breakfast sausage
- 2 ¼ cups Bisquick Original Pancake & Baking Mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- To a medium mixing bowl, add the biscuit mix, pimento cheese and sausage. Mix by hand, with a hand mixer, or in a stand mixer with the dough hook or paddle attachment until the sausage mixture is incorporated well.
- Scoop and roll into 1-inch balls.
- Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray or line with non-stick aluminum foil. Add the sausage balls to the pan.
- Bake at 375ºF 15-20 minutes or until they’re golden brown on top and cooked through at a minimum internal temperature of 160°F (71°C). Transfer immediately to a serving dish.
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Notes
Tips for Success and Substitutions
- Pan Preparation: Bake the sausage balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet or pan spritzed with nonstick cooking spray. Nonstick aluminum foil also works great! These make for easier cleanup.
- Bisquick Mix Substitution: You can substitute the Bisquick mix with one of these options:
- 11.36 ounce Red Lobster Biscuit Mix (see my Spicy Sausage Balls recipe)
- Homemade Bisquick Mix Substitution: Combine 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt, and 2 tablespoons grated cold butter.
- 2 cups self-rising flour plus ¼ cup milk
- 2 cups pancake mix
- Sausage Variety: Pork breakfast sausage is the most commonly used sausage, but you can choose your favorite sausage variety—whether it's mild sausage, hot sausage, mild Italian sausage, hot Italian sausage, or a unique flavor blend—to personalize it to your taste. The level of fat content can change the texture of the end product.
- Spice it Up: Besides the option of using spicy sausage and spicy pimento cheese, you can also add a pinch of cayenne or red pepper flakes for a spicier kick.
- Pimento Cheese Substitution: You can experiment with different pimento cheese flavors. Palmetto's original, jalapeño, and p You can also omit the pimento cheese and instead use 1 ¼ cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese and 8 ounces cream cheese.
- Dipping Sauces: Pair your 3 ingredient sausage balls with a tangy dipping sauce like honey mustard, bbq sauce, or ranch dressing for an extra layer of flavor. It’s also excellent served with maple syrup.
- Seasoning Additions: You can add additional seasonings as desired such as garlic powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, ground sage, or crushed red pepper flakes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1ball | Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g
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Audra Ellis
I had seen "Sausage Balls" on just about every southern recipe blog and was really curious about them. I found premade ones at the grocery store (8 little 1/2" balls for $3.42) but felt like with 3 ingredients I should be making these from scratch-ish. Sure enough, super easy to make, used maple sausage for a little bit of sweet with a little bit of heat in the background, and made 40 1-1.5" balls for $12.52. These have become my daughters go-to for a quick, lite, yummy snack before early morning swim team practice!
Laura Ashley
What a savings to make them at home! 3.42 for 8 is so much! I'm excited that you made them and that y'all like them so much too!! THANK YOU!!