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    Easy Sausage Balls Recipe

    Published: Dec 14, 2020, Modified: Nov 6, 2023 by Brooke Burks, This post may contain affiliate links. We earn income via ads and use cookies. See our Privacy Policy at the bottom of this page., 5 Comments

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    Easy sausage balls are a cinch to make. Spicy ground sausage paired with cheddar cheese, parsley and flour make something as easy to make as it is to eat!

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    A Buttered Home Favorite made with Flour and Spices

    Easy Sausage Balls Recipe is a great one to have in your recipe box! There is a rumor going around that sausage balls can only be made with a premix baking mix. It's little tales like this that give scratch made cooking a bad wrap. Sure you won't have to mix flour with salt and peppers but the baking mix does very little to help make these gems great.

    We find the same myth to be true for making BISCUITS too. Check out that post to see how easy it is to make those without the baking mix!

    You can achieve a better result in my opinion by using self rising flour. That puts you in control of your ingredients. Sometimes, what we think is easier isn't always better. So we are here to squelch the easy myth by way of using flour in our recipe. We intend to show you this way is just as easy and is always better. Let's get to it!

    How to Make them the Easy Way

    I am a fan of simple. Sometimes, simple is not taking a short cut. I love shortcuts, don't get me wrong but for recipes like this one, the easy way puts you in control of what goes in your sausage balls. Here is how we do it!

    ~Ingredients~

    • ½ teaspoon dried parsley
    • 1 & ¼ cup of self rising flour
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper
    • 1 pound ground mild sausage, room temperature
    • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
    • ½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (or less)
    • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, room temperature
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    ~Method~

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium bowl, mix parsley, flour, salt and peppers.

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    In a large bowl add, cheddar cheese, sausage and butter. Add dry ingredients and mix with hands just until combined. Pinch off or use a small ice cream scoop to take out portions to roll into 1 inch balls. Roll and place on a baking sheet fitted with a baking rack.

    Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown. Cool and serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

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    adding melted butter
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    Tips and Tricks

    • Room Temp Ingredients - This is so very important. Sometimes cheese and sausage can be difficult to mix by hand. By allowing these ingredients to come to room temperature, mixing will be easier. Also that little bit of butter also makes mixing a breeze as well.
    • Baking Sheet with a Rack - due to the high fat content of these glorious gems, baking them directly on a baking sheet can be messy and sometimes cause them to stick. If you don't have a rack for your baking sheet, use just a tad of cooking spray to make removal and clean up easier. If you need a baking sheet with a rack (and we all do!) there is a link to a great inexpensive one below.
    • Cayenne Pepper - You can use a little or a little more. This ingredient is really optional. Also it is important to note that if you use hot sausage, you may not need as much cayenne pepper. Our measurement is a suggestion for just the right amount of spice to compliment the sausage and cheese.
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    Easy Sausage Balls Recipe

    Easy sausage balls are a cinch to make. Spicy ground sausage paired with cheddar cheese, parsley and flour make something as easy to make as it is to eat!
    4.95 from 60 votes
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    Course: Appetizers
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 dozen
    Calories: 219kcal
    Author: Brooke Burks

    Ingredients

    • ½ teaspoon dried parsley
    • 1 & ¼ cup of self rising flour
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper
    • 1 pound ground mild sausage room temperature
    • 2 tablespoons butter melted
    • ½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper or less
    • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese room temperature

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium bowl, mix parsley, flour, salt and peppers.
    • In a large bowl add, cheddar cheese, sausage and butter. Add dry ingredients and mix with hands just until combined. Pinch off or use a small ice cream scoop to take out portions to roll into 1 inch balls. Roll and place on a baking sheet fitted with a baking rack.
    • Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown. Cool and serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

    Nutrition (all values are estimates only)

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 219kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 570mg
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    1. Marsha Boles

      December 08, 2022 at 3:25 am

      "Room Temp Ingredients - This is so very important" - yes it is !!!

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    2. Velma Tanner

      December 29, 2022 at 9:36 am

      Can you freeze these uncooked and bake them later so you don't have so many at one time?
      Thank you.

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      • Brooke Burks

        December 29, 2022 at 10:14 am

        You sure can! Great idea! I would put them on a sheet pan and freeze for about an hour and then move to a freezer safe bag!

        Reply
    3. Velma Tanner

      December 31, 2022 at 10:41 am

      These seem to be drier using flour to me. They were still good. I cut the cooking time down to 20 minutes and the oven temperature down to 350*

      Reply
    4. Jeanette Wilcox

      November 28, 2023 at 9:28 am

      5 stars
      Very good Sausage balls! I have always used premix instead of flour.

      Reply

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