3-Ingredient Sausage Balls

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⏱ 35 mins 🍽 ['12', '24 sausage balls'] 🌶 american 🏷 Snack

This straightforward recipe for sausage balls requires only three items: breakfast sausage, shredded Cheddar cheese and buttermilk baking mix. They are a classic American appetiser or snack, perfect for gatherings. The mixture is rolled into small balls and baked until perfectly golden and cooked through. You can expect to make about 24 pieces from this batch, with a total preparation and cooking time of roughly 35 minutes.

3-Ingredient Sausage Balls

Ingredients

  • 1 pound breakfast sausage
  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 3 cups buttermilk baking mix

Method

  1. Collect all required items. Heat your oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. In a bowl, mix the sausage and cheese with approximately 2 cups of the baking mix, using your hands. Slowly incorporate as much of the leftover 1 cup of mix as you can.
  3. Shape the mixture into balls measuring roughly 1 to 1 ½ inches across. Coat each ball by rolling it in any leftover dry baking mix.
  4. Arrange the balls on a nonstick baking tray. Bake in the heated oven for about 18 to 22 minutes, until they are golden brown and fully cooked.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories332 kcal
Fat22 g
Sugars1 g
Protein12 g
Sodium904 mg

Recipe details

CategorySnack
Cuisineamerican
AuthorElaine Harper